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Alsophila spinulosa
Alsophila spinulosa is a tree fern that can grow 5 m or more, with spiny purplish stipes and fronds 1 to 3 m long. It is grown in mild, humid, shaded conditions, and its stems are used as a substrate for orchids.
Alsophila spinulosa, also known as the flying spider-monkey tree fern, is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae.
A. spinulosa occurs in humus soils in shadowed forest locations, and is widely distributed across Asia including China, Nepal, India, Burma, Myanmar, and Japan.
The stems are rich in starch and edible. Stem chips also see use as fern chips as a substrate for the cultivation of orchids.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alsophila spinulosa 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
