Selaginella bombycina

Selaginella bombycina is a creeping, stoloniferous spikemoss of wet forest from Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, mostly at about 30 to 1,550 m. Collectors describe it as decumbent and pale or whitish (the name means silky), often abundant beside streams and on disturbed soil at trail and forest edges. It is a warm, humid terrarium plant.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Labels describe it as terrestrial and decumbent with stolons, growing beside streams, on trail sides at forest edges, on disturbed soil and on slopes in partial shade, in primary and secondary wet premontane forest. It is often common and locally abundant.

Recorded from 30 to 1,543 m, median about 630 m.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorPeru

🔒 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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