Selaginella corrugis

Selaginella corrugis is a spikemoss of southern Mexico and lower Central America, described by Mickel and Beitel in the Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca in 1988. Labels place it on rock cliffs in rainforest with Liquidambar, on rocks in streams at waterfalls, and in cloud forest (bosque mesófilo). It wants cool-to-warm, very humid, shaded conditions on wet rock.

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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Collectors describe rainforest with Liquidambar, where it is abundant on rock cliffs alongside Selaginella tarapotensis. They also record it on rocks in a stream at a waterfall and in montane cloud forest.

Recorded at 300–3800 m, median 1000 m (11 records). The 3800 m record is doubtful for a cloud-forest plant.

Costa RicaMexico SouthwestPanamá

🔒 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.