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Mycopteris

Mycopteris is a genus of small tropical ferns in the polypody family, mostly epiphytes that grow on tree branches, with some growing on soil or rocks. It is native to the American tropics, and care details below are general guidance for this group rather than a single species.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the root zone evenly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix such as orchid bark with peat or sphagnum.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Mycopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is known from the American tropics.

Where it grows

Members of the genus are found from Mexico east into the East Indies and south to Bolivia.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mycopteris 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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