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
Huperzia appalachiana
Cool-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Huperzia serrata
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Polypodium amorphum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Polypodium californicum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Polypodium hesperium
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Polypodium scouleri
Cool-growing · Humid air · Dappled light
Pteris tripartita
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Pyrrosia rupestris
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium bourgaei
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium dareoides
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium dimorphum
Norfolk Island spleenwort
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Davallia divaricata
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Davallia trichomanoides
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Drynaria coronans
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Drynaria willdenowii
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Huperzia appressa
Cool-growing · Humid air · Full sun
Huperzia australiana
Cool-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Lepisorus microphyllus
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Lepisorus squamatus
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Microsorum thailandicum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Nephrolepis brownii
Asian sword fern
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Nephrolepis obliterata
Kimberley Queen fern
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Platycerium coronarium
Crown staghorn fern
Warm-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Pteris adscensionis
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Pteris lydgatei
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Pteris melanocaulon
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Pteris sylhetensis
Intermediate · Humid air · 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
Asplenium attenuatum
Simple spleenwort
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium auritum
Eared spleenwort
Intermediate · Humid air · Dappled light
Asplenium chathamense
Chatham Island spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Asplenium chihuahuense
Cool-growing · Dry air · Dappled light
Asplenium cimmeriorum
Cave spleenwort
Cool-growing · Very humid air · Deep shade
Asplenium polyodon
sickle spleenwort
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium sagittatum
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium schizotrichum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium trilobum
Cool-growing · Humid air · Shade
Davallia mariesii
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Drynaria heracleum
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Phlebodium decumanum
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Platycerium alcicorne
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Platycerium veitchii
Silver elkhorn fern
Intermediate · Dry air · Bright, filtered light
Pteris chilensis
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Pteris microptera
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Pteris umbrosa
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Pyrrosia adnascens
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Pyrrosia confluens
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pyrrosia lingua
Cool-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Pyrrosia longifolia
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Pyrrosia piloselloides
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Pyrrosia stigmosa
Warm-growing · Ordinary room humidity · Bright, filtered light
Adiantum ciliatum
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Dappled light
Adiantum silvaticum
Intermediate · Ordinary room humidity · Shade
Asplenium aequibasis
Cool-growing · Humid air · Bright, filtered light
Asplenium bifrons
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium congestum
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium ecuadorense
Intermediate · Humid air · Shade
Asplenium virens
Warm-growing · Humid air · Shade