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Megalastrum

Megalastrum
Photo: Inao Vasquez, CC BY 4.0

Megalastrum is a genus of around 100 fern species, mostly from tropical America and Africa, in the wood fern family. Commonly grown members, such as Megalastrum mexicanum types, prefer humid, shaded conditions with moist, well-drained soil.

Family
Dryopteridaceae (Wood fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely; water less in winter.
Soil
Humus-rich, peaty, well-drained mix.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Megalastrum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has around 100 species, mainly found in tropical America and Africa.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Megalastrum 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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