Polypodium mollendense

A small polypody of the fog oases on Chile's Atacama coast, also listed for the Juan Fernández Islands. It lives almost without rain, on moisture from coastal fog, so it expects cool, mild temperatures, humid air with a dry root zone, and can shrivel and recover when the fog fails.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows among rocks and in crevices on coastal slopes within the fog belt, often sheltered by boulders or shrubs. This is generalised from the genus and the coastal fog ecosystem, not species-specific study.

The recorded sites are near the coastal escarpment south of Taltal; the fog zone there lies at roughly 300–1,100 m.

Chile NorthJuan Fernández Is.

🔒 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.