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Cephalomanes

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

Cephalomanes is a small genus of filmy ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, recognised as a separate genus by PPG I (2016) though some botanists fold it into Trichomanes. Its members are very delicate, thin-leaved ferns that need consistently humid, shaded conditions.

Family
Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyll family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the roots and fronds constantly moist and never let the growing medium dry out.
Soil
Very airy, moisture-retentive medium such as sphagnum moss or a fine bark and peat mix.
Temperature
18–26 °C; avoid prolonged temperatures below 12 °C.
How easy
Hard

About

Cephalomanes 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 other sources, which sink it into a broadly defined Trichomanes.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cephalomanes 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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