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Callistopteris

Callistopteris
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0

Callistopteris is a small genus of filmy ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, accepted by PPG I (2016) but sunk into Trichomanes by some authors. Its members need consistently humid, shaded conditions, so it is grown mainly by specialist collectors rather than as a common houseplant.

Family
Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyll family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the root zone and surrounding air constantly moist; never let it dry out.
Soil
Fine, moisture-retentive, acidic mix such as sphagnum or peat with perlite, or a mounted or terrarium setup.
Temperature
15–25 °C; avoid prolonged temperatures above 27 °C.
How easy
Hard

About

Callistopteris is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources, which sink it into a broadly defined Trichomanes.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callistopteris 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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