Davallia griffithiana

A rabbit's-foot fern with creeping, scaly rhizomes from southern China, the eastern Himalaya and northern Indochina, growing on trees and rocks in subtropical forest. It is undemanding if the rhizomes stay on the surface and the winters are kept cooler and a little drier.

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 or lithophytic on tree trunks and mossy rocks in subtropical evergreen forest, like other Davallia; the species-specific habitat detail is generalised from the genus.

Recorded at 600–1,675 m (median 1,130 m), though several climate sites sit in the lowlands of Guangdong and Fujian.

ChinaVietnamBhutanLaosMyanmarAssamTaiwanTibet

🔒 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.