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Gymnosphaera hornei is a tree fern from wet montane forests of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Fiji, growing up to about 3 to 4 m tall. It needs cool, humid, shaded conditions with consistently moist soil to do well.
Gymnosphaera hornei is a species of tree fern in the Cyatheaceae family.
Its natural range includes eastern New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, where it grows in wet submontane forest, stunted forest, mossy forest, and on ridges, at an elevation of 400–2000 m.
Gymnosphaera annae · Gymnosphaera biformis · Gymnosphaera commutata · Gymnosphaera dimorpha · Gymnosphaera glabra · Gymnosphaera metteniana · Gymnosphaera acrostichoides · Gymnosphaera andersonii · Gymnosphaera atropurpurea · Gymnosphaera baileyana · Gymnosphaera capensis · Gymnosphaera denticulata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnosphaera hornei 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.
