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Cheiropleuria

Cheiropleuria
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Cheiropleuria is a small genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae, native to temperate and tropical eastern Asia. Members are grown mainly as shade-loving, moisture-retentive ferns in gardens and as collector plants.

Family
Dipteridaceae (Dipterid family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained, slightly acidic mix.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate

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Cheiropleuria is a genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae. Species are found in both temperate and tropical eastern Asia.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cheiropleuria 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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