Polypodium praetermissum

A polypody of western Mexico, recorded from the Sierra Madre Occidental foothills in Nayarit, Jalisco, Sinaloa and Chihuahua/Sonora. Its home has a hot dry spring and a short, wet monsoon summer, so it grows in summer and tolerates a dry rest.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

Grows on trees and on rocks in seasonally dry oak and pine-oak woodland and canyon forest. Like many Mexican polypodies it likely curls or sheds its fronds in the dry season and recovers with the rains. Genus-level inference; little species-specific information was found.

Recorded from 153 to 2,063 m, median about 1,030 m.

Mexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico 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.