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Selaginella buchholzii

Selaginella buchholzii is a West and Central African spikemoss that grows on wet rocks near waterfalls, in waterfall spray zones, in gallery forest by streams and in shaded rock crevices, from Sierra Leone to Congo. The regional climate has a harsh dry season, but the plant sticks to permanently wet microsites, so keep it moist, warm and shaded.

Selaginella buchholzii
Photo: Nacoulma BMI, Schmidt M, Hahn K, Thiombiano A (2020) A checklist of vascular plants of the W National Park in Burkina Faso, including the adjacent hunting zones of Tapoa-Djerma and Kondio. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54205. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Its labels describe rock cliffs with seeping water, rocks near falls in forest, the spray zone of waterfalls, gallery forest along rivers, swampy forest, dark wet rock crevices on stony slopes, and flood-scoured rocky islands in rivers.

Recorded from lowlands to about 630 m.

BeninBurkinaCameroonDR CongoGabonGhanaGuineaIvory CoastLiberiaNigeriaSierra LeoneTogo

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.