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Dicksonia thyrsopteroides

Dicksonia thyrsopteroides
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Dicksonia thyrsopteroides is a tree fern native to New Caledonia in the Pacific, a member of the Dicksoniaceae family. Like other tree ferns it needs humidity, shade and steady moisture to thrive.

Family
Dicksoniaceae (Dicksoni family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil and trunk consistently moist; water more in hot or dry weather.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-heavy mix.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Caledonia

About

Dicksonia thyrsopteroides Mett. is a species of tree ferns native to the island of New Caledonia (Nouvelle Caledonie) in the Pacific. It is a member of the family Dicksoniaceae.

Other Dicksonia plants

Soft Tree-fern · St Helena Tree Fern · Golden Tree Fern · Stumpy Tree Fern · Imperial Samambaiaçu · Hard treefern · Dicksonia youngiae · Tree fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicksonia thyrsopteroides 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.

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