Pyrrosia boothii

A felt fern from the eastern Himalaya, Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, Assam and Myanmar. Its thick, hairy fronds let it survive dry spells on bark and rock. It wants bright filtered light, a monsoon summer that is warm and wet, and a cool, fairly dry winter.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Like other Pyrrosia, it is most likely an epiphyte or lithophyte on tree trunks and rock faces in montane broadleaf forest, where it is exposed to drying between rains.

Few records carry an elevation. The climate sites span 440–4,300 m, and most weight falls near 1,500 m in northwestern Yunnan.

AssamChina South-CentralEast HimalayaMyanmarTibet

🔒 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

Grow Pyrrosia boothii? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia Pyrrosia rupestris Pyrrosia adnascens Pyrrosia confluens Pyrrosia lingua Pyrrosia longifolia Pyrrosia piloselloides Pyrrosia stigmosa Pyrrosia abbreviata Pyrrosia africana Pyrrosia albicans Pyrrosia angustata All 70 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.