How plants and fungi grow in the wild, and where cultivars came from.

Adiantum pedatum Northern maidenhair fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum viridimontanum Green Mountain maidenhair fern

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum aleuticum Western maidenhair fern

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum atroviride

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum trapeziforme Diamond maidenhair

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum aethiopicum Common maidenhair

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum amblyopteridium

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum hispidulum Rough maidenhair fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Black spleenwort

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light

Adiantum alarconianum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum bellum Bermuda maidenhair fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum jordanii California maidenhair

Cool-growing · Dry air · Dappled light

Adiantum lianxianense

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum raddianum Maidenhair fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum reniforme Kidney-leaved maidenhair fern

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum venustum Himalayan maidenhair

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum incisum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum concinnum Brittle maidenhair fern

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum formosum Giant maidenhair

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum latifolium broadleaf maidenhair

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum philippense Walking maidenhair fern

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum tenerum Brittle maidenhair fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum vivesii

Warm-growing · Humid air · Deep shade

Adiantum caudatum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum diaphanum Filmy maidenhair

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum gertrudis

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum ciliatum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum silvaticum

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum fengianum

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum myriosorum

Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum peruvianum Silver dollar fern

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum cunninghamii Common maidenhair

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum polyphyllum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum chilense

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum edgeworthii

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum abscissum

Intermediate · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum acrolobum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum adiantoides

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum ailaoshanense

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum alan-smithii

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum alatum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum alleniae

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum alomae

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum amplum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum anceps double-edged maidenhair

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum andicola

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum aneitense

Intermediate · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum apalophyllum

Shade

Adiantum argutum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum balfourii

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum blumenavense

Intermediate · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum braunii

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum cajennense

Warm-growing · Humid air · Deep shade

Adiantum calcareum

Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum camptorachis

Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light

Adiantum capillatum

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade

Adiantum capillus

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum capillus-junonis

Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade

Adiantum caribense

Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade