Selaginella carnea

Selaginella carnea is a New Guinea spikemoss described by van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh in 1917. It is very poorly known: the only reliable GBIF collection is from the Bijenkorf bivouac at about 1,750 m in the mountains of New Guinea. Grow it as a shade-loving, humid montane-forest spikemoss, with low confidence.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes survive. The Bijenkorf collection comes from montane rainforest in the New Guinea mountains, where spikemosses grow on the shaded, damp forest floor and banks.

The one New Guinea collection gives about 1,750 m. Our measured site is at 171 m.

IndonesiaPapua New Guinea

🔒 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.