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Ctenopterella

Ctenopterella is a genus of small epiphytic and rock-dwelling ferns in the Polypodiaceae (grammitid group), native from Africa through southeast Asia and Oceania to Polynesia. Its members are generally grown only as specialist fern collector plants, needing humid, shaded conditions.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the rhizome and roots consistently moist but never waterlogged; mist or water frequently.
Soil
Loose, well-draining mix such as fine bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mounted on a log or rock.
Temperature
18-27 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Ctenopterella 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 Africa through southeast Asia and Oceania to Polynesia.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ctenopterella 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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