Bolbitis longiflagellata

A Malagasy Bolbitis known from the wet northwest (Sambirano and Tsaratanana foothills), named for the long whip-like frond tips that root and form new plantlets. Grow it like other streamside Bolbitis: shaded, constantly humid, warm, with its rhizome on wet rock or a coarse open mix rather than buried.

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 from humid lowland to lower montane forest in northern Madagascar. Like most of the genus it most likely grows on shaded rocks and banks along forest streams, where the frond tips touch down and root.

Recorded at 424–1100 m, median 750 m.

Madagascar

🔒 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.