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Ferns Partly documented

Davallia divaricata

A large hare's-foot fern of tropical and subtropical Asia, with creeping scaly rhizomes and broad, finely divided fronds. It is easy in warm, humid, bright-shaded conditions grown on a mount or in a very open mix.

Davallia divaricata
Photo: Anastasiya Lvova, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Generalised from the genus: creeping rhizomes on tree trunks and rocks in lowland to lower montane evergreen forest.

Recorded at 65–1,749 m, median 650 m.

Southern ChinaHainanTaiwanVietnamThailandPhilippinesBorneoSulawesiMalukuNew Guinea

🔒 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-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.