Drynaria quercifolia

The oak-leaf fern: a large epiphyte from tropical Asia to northern Australia that wraps tree trunks with brown, oak-leaf-shaped nest fronds and sends up long pinnatifid foliage fronds. It takes bright light and, in the monsoon parts of its range, sheds its green fronds in the dry season while the nest fronds stay.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on trunks and branches of large trees, also on rocks, in lowland forest, monsoon woodland, plantations and town trees.

Mostly lowland: recorded at 0–1,650 m, median 250 m.

AustraliaIndonesiaPhilippinesThailandPapua New GuineaMalaysiaIndiaSri Lanka

🔒 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.