Polypodium mantoniae

Manton's polypody is the hybrid between common polypody and intermediate polypody, a hardy evergreen fern of western and central Europe. It grows on walls, rocks, banks and tree trunks and is easy outdoors in a temperate climate, wanting cool winters, light shade and a very free-draining root run.

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 rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Like its parents, it creeps over mossy walls, rocky banks, hedge banks and the trunks of old trees, rooting into thin humus and moss.

Recorded at 207-925 m (median 455 m), from lowlands to low mountains such as the Massif Central.

FranceGreat BritainIrelandNetherlandsGermanyPolandItalyTürkiye

🔒 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.