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Acrosorus

Acrosorus
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Acrosorus is a small genus of epiphytic or rock-dwelling ferns in the Polypodiaceae (polypody) family, found in the Philippines, Malesia, Thailand and Pacific islands. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care depends on keeping it humid and shaded, much like other small tropical epiphytic ferns.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the rhizome and roots evenly moist without waterlogging, and water less in winter.
Soil
Loose, well-draining epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat or sphagnum.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Acrosorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is known from the Philippines, Malesia, Thailand, and the Pacific islands.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrosorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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