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Ferns Well documented

Davallia solida

A widespread hare's-foot fern of tropical Asia, Malesia, northern Australia and the Pacific islands, with creeping scaly rhizomes and leathery, glossy fronds. It grows on trees and rocks, from the coast to about 2100 m, and is an easy mounted or basket fern.

Davallia solida
Photo: Jerzy OpioΕ‚a, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on trunks and branches and lithophyte on rocks, in lowland and lower montane forest, coastal forest and open, sunny places on Pacific islands.

Recorded at 1–2100 m, median 250 m (197 records).

Sri LankaMyanmarThailandVietnamSouthern ChinaTaiwanMalaysiaIndonesiaPhilippinesNew GuineaQueenslandSolomon IslandsVanuatuNew CaledoniaFijiSamoa

πŸ”’ Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

βœ“ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
βœ“ Humidity band, and how to hold it
βœ“ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
βœ“ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
βœ“ Substrate and airflow
βœ“ 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.