Davallia platylepis

A creeping-rhizome hare's-foot fern from the monsoon uplands of Yunnan and the eastern Himalaya, known from few published details. The measured climate has a long dry, cool winter, so like other Davallia of seasonal forest it likely sheds or slows its fronds from November to April and regrows with the summer rains.

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

Little is published for this species; Davallia of this region grow on mossy tree trunks and rocks in seasonal evergreen and mixed forest, with the rhizomes creeping over the surface.

The sites sit at about 1,200–1,900 m; one site placed at 244 m sits in a 1,354 m grid cell and looks like a valley-floor record.

YunnanTibetEast Himalaya

🔒 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.