Pteris parkeri

An evergreen brake fern from warm-temperate Japan, Korea and Taiwan, sold as a house plant and sometimes called silver ribbon fern. It follows a strong seasonal climate, warm and very wet in summer and cool in winter, and grows best kept moist in shade with a cooler winter.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Lowland and foothill sites in warm-temperate southern Japan. Pteris species of this kind usually grow on shaded slopes, forest edges, stone walls and stream banks; the species' own habitat is poorly described.

Recorded at 10 to 1200 m, median 180 m, so mostly lowland.

JapanNansei-shotoKoreaTaiwan

🔒 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.