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Ferns Partly documented

Bolbitis angustipinna

A creeping-rhizome stream fern of monsoon forest from the Himalaya and southern China through Thailand to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Like most Bolbitis it grows on wet rocks and banks beside forest streams, so it wants shade, constant moisture and moving water or air rather than heat. Little species-specific growing information is published; this profile leans on the measured sites and the genus.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded from shaded evergreen and monsoon forest, where Bolbitis species typically root on boulders, stream banks and splash zones along small rivers. Treated here from the genus pattern; species-specific habitat notes are scarce.

Measured sites sit at roughly 570 to 1,200 m in northern Thailand, Yunnan and Sri Lanka; few records carry their own elevation.

NepalWest HimalayaEast HimalayaAssamIndiaMyanmarChina South-CentralHainanTaiwanThailandSri LankaPhilippinesSulawesi

🔒 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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