How plants and fungi grow in the wild, and where cultivars came from.
Where 38,374 species are found, and the conditions they grow in there: temperature, humidity, light and the seasons. For growers who want to match them at home.
1,977 species
Asplenium haughtonii
Barn fern
Intermediate · Dry air · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium onopteris
Acute-leaved spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Bolbitis heudelotii
Warm-growing · Very humid air · Dappled light
Microsorum punctatum
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Adiantum incisum
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium ascensionis
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Asplenium listeri
Christmas Island spleenwort
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium marinum
Sea spleenwort
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium obtusatum
Shore spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Full sun
Asplenium serratum
Bird's nest spleenwort
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium surrogatum
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Davallia canariensis
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Drynaria quercifolia
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Nephrolepis biserrata
Giant sword fern
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Platycerium grande
Giant staghorn fern
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Platycerium superbum
staghorn fern
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Polypodium appalachianum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Polypodium cambricum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Polypodium virginianum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pteris ensiformis
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
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
Asplenium difforme
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium flabellifolium
Necklace fern
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium flaccidum
Drooping spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium goudeyi
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium paleaceum
Chaffy spleenwort
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium pteridoides
Intermediate · Very humid air · Shade
Asplenium tenerum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium vespertinum
western spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Blechnum appendiculatum
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Blechnum sociale
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Bolbitis appendiculata
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Davallia denticulata
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Drynaria rigidula
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Huperzia lucidula
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Huperzia porophila
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Polypodium calirhiza
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Polypodium interjectum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pteris carsei
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pteris multifida
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Trichomanes elegans
Warm-growing · Very humid air · Deep shade
Asplenium azoricum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium daucifolium
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium dielerectum
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium hemionitis
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium milnei
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium oblongifolium
shining spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium petrarchae
Petrarch's spleenwort
Cool-growing · Dry air · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium unisorum
Singlesorus island spleenwort
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Blechnum montanum
Cool-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Blechnum occidentale
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Davallia fejeensis
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Davallia tyermanii
Intermediate · Dry air · Bright, filtered light
Drynaria bonii
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light