Polypodium diplotrichum

A rarely recorded Mexican Polypodium from the mountains of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas. Like its relatives in Mexican oak and pine-oak forest it probably grows on trunks or rocks, curling up in the long dry season and unfurling with the summer rains, so it does best with a distinct wet summer and drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Probably epiphytic on trunks and branches or on mossy rocks in seasonally dry montane oak and pine-oak forest. This is inferred from the genus in Mexico, since species-specific habitat detail is lacking.

Records are given at 850 m and about 1,400 m; a third, at 4,600 m, is impossible for its locality.

Mexico SoutheastMexico Southwest

🔒 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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