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Ferns Partly documented

Polypodium martensii

A Mexican highland polypody of pine-oak forest, growing on mossy trunks, branches and rocks. It is drought-adapted: fronds curl in the dry winter and spring and revive with the summer rains, so it tolerates a dry rest that most ferns would not.

Polypodium martensii
Photo: Lowe, E. J., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets 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

Pine-oak and oak forest on the Mexican plateau and Sierra Madre, as an epiphyte on oaks or on shaded rocks and banks.

Recorded from about 290 to 3,250 m, median about 2,520 m; most plants grow above 2,000 m.

Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico 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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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 Public domain licence, unmodified.