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Bolbitis heteroclita

A creeping, often rheophytic fern of shaded streams and wet rocks in tropical and subtropical Asia, notable for leaf tips that root and form new plantlets. It wants warm, humid shade and a constantly moist root run, and can be grown on wood or rock in a terrarium or paludarium.

Bolbitis heteroclita
Photo: Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Wet rocks, stream banks and moist forest floors in shaded lowland and lower montane forest, sometimes scrambling up rocks and tree bases.

Mostly lowland, median about 220 m, reaching about 1,770 m.

AssamBangladeshBorneoChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanEast HimalayaJawaMalayaMalukuMyanmarNansei-shotoNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.