Davallia chaerophylloides

A creeping-rhizome hare's-foot fern of moist forest across tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, growing on tree trunks and mossy rocks. It wants bright dappled light, warm days, mild nights and steady humidity, with a slightly cooler, drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on trunks and branches and lithophytic on mossy rocks in evergreen and riverine forest and forest margins; detail here is generalised from the genus and the measured sites.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1770 m, median about 620 m.

MadagascarSouth AfricaGabonCameroonTogoBurundiGhanaUgandaMozambiqueKenyaComorosMauritiusRéunionSeychelles

🔒 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.