Microsorum musifolium

Crocodile fern

The crocodile fern: a large, strap-leaved epiphytic fern from the humid lowland and lower montane forests of Southeast Asia and New Guinea, grown for its fronds with a reptile-skin pattern.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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

An epiphyte, sometimes found on rocks, on trunks and branches in wet tropical rainforest, where it forms rosettes of upright, stiff, strap-shaped fronds that catch leaf litter.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1,500 m, with a median of about 775 m.

BorneoSumatraNew GuineaLesser Sunda IslandsThailandMyanmar

🔒 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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