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Ferns Partly documented

Bolbitis lonchophora

A Pacific Bolbitis spread from Vanuatu and New Caledonia east to Samoa, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. It grows in humid island forest from near the coast to about 1200 m, so it wants steady warmth, high humidity and constant moisture with only a mild cooler season.

Bolbitis lonchophora
Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, 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

Recorded in moist forest on volcanic high islands and in New Caledonia, mostly at low to middle elevation. Like other Bolbitis it is assumed to grow on wet rocks, banks and stream margins under canopy.

Records span 15–1200 m, median about 300 m.

Cook Is.FijiNew CaledoniaSamoaSociety Is.TongaTubuai Is.Vanuatu

🔒 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 CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.