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Microgramma
Also called Snakeferns
Microgramma is a genus of tropical epiphytic vine ferns, including commonly grown snakeferns that climb trees and rock faces with long creeping rhizomes. They do best in warm, humid conditions with bright filtered light and a loose, airy mount or potting mix.
Microgramma is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). They are commonly known as vine ferns or snakeferns.
Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in the Americas and Africa.
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