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Ferns Partly documented

Davallia repens

A small creeping hare's-foot fern (often treated as Humata repens) with a very wide range from Africa and the Indian Ocean islands through tropical Asia to the Pacific. It runs its furry rhizome over mossy trunks and rocks, and grows well mounted or in a shallow basket.

Davallia repens
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Like most Davallia it grows on bark and in rock crevices, with long creeping rhizomes; this species is usually on mossy trunks and rocks in humid forest. Species-specific habitat notes were not found.

Recorded at 0–3810 m (median 774 m); most records come from lower and middle montane forest.

IndonesiaJapanPapua New GuineaPhilippinesRéunionAustraliaSeychellesMalaysiaMadagascarSri LankaPacific Islands

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.