Asplenium hypomelas

A widespread African montane spleenwort, found from Sierra Leone and Cameroon to Ethiopia and south to Zimbabwe, mostly at about 1500 to 2500 m. It has also been recorded under the name Loxoscaphe nigrescens. The measured sites are mild and humid all year, with no cold season.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Probably grows on mossy tree trunks and branches, and on mossy rocks, in montane and mist forest. This is inferred from its former placement in Loxoscaphe, a group of finely divided epiphytic spleenworts. No species text was reachable.

Records range from 368 to 5000 m, with a median of 1850 m (114 records). The 5000 m value is almost certainly an error.

Sierra LeoneGuineaLiberiaCameroonSão Tomé and PríncipeEthiopiaSouth SudanUgandaKenyaRwandaBurundiDR CongoTanzaniaMalawiMozambiqueZimbabwe

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.