Selaginella carioi

Selaginella carioi is a Guatemalan spikemoss known from old collections in the Motagua valley between Barbasco and Gualán and from the banks of the Río Chixoy. GBIF also has collections from dry slopes along a stream in Chiapas, Mexico. It seems to be a plant of stream banks in seasonally dry country, so it wants warmth, bright shade and a drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collected on the left bank of the Río Motagua, one of the driest valleys in Central America, on the banks of the Río Chixoy, and on dry slopes along a stream in Chiapas.

Guatemalan records lack elevations; the measured sites are at 336 and 673 m, and Chiapas collections are at 180–800 m.

Guatemala

🔒 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.