Blechnum tabulare

A large, cycad-like fern (now often placed in Lomariocycas as L. tabularis) with a short erect trunk and stiff fronds, growing along streams and at the edges of Afromontane forest. It wants cool-to-mild, moist, bright-shaded conditions and constant water at the roots.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

River and stream banks, seepage areas and the margins of Afromontane forest, often in wet ground with good light from the open side.

Recorded from 82 to 3,200 m, median 1,600 m; mostly a montane plant in the tropics, reaching lower elevations in South Africa and South America.

MadagascarBurundiRwandaMalawiTanzaniaEswatiniSouth AfricaUgandaKenyaEthiopiaZambiaZimbabweMozambiqueCameroonNigeriaMauritius

🔒 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.