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Lecanopteris deparioides

Lecanopteris deparioides
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Lecanopteris deparioides is an epiphytic fern from Malesia and New Guinea that grows on tree trunks and branches in wet tropical forest. It needs warm, humid conditions and a loose, airy growing medium.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium evenly moist and never waterlogged; mist or water when the top begins to dry.
Soil
Loose, airy epiphyte mix such as bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mount on a slab.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Malesia to New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lecanopteris deparioides is a fern in the Polypodiaceae family. It is native to Malesia and New Guinea.

Other Lecanopteris plants

Dendroconche annabellae · Dendroconche scandens · Dendroconche · Lecanopteris carnosa · Lecanopteris mirabilis · Lecanopteris sinuosa · Lecanopteris · Zealandia vieillardii · Zealandia pustulata subsp. howensis · Zealandia pustulata · Zealandia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lecanopteris deparioides 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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