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Pyrrosia hastata

A leathery, felt-backed felt fern from Japan and Korea with distinctive three-lobed, spear-shaped fronds on a creeping rhizome. It grows on rocks and tree trunks in temperate forest and is one of the hardier Pyrrosia, taking cold winters if kept on the dry side.

Pyrrosia hastata
Photo: nestmaker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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 rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Lithophytic and epiphytic on rocks, cliffs and tree trunks in temperate broadleaf and mixed forest; based on the genus and its known range.

Records span about 40-1280 m, median about 320 m, though few records carry an elevation.

China SoutheastJapanKorea

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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 CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.