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Octoblepharum Mosses

Octoblepharum

Octoblepharum Mosses
Photo: Mossgazer, CC BY-SA 4.0

Octoblepharum is a genus of tropical mosses, the only genus in the family Octoblepharaceae, and is not a flowering plant or a typical garden plant. It grows in humid, shaded tropical habitats such as tree bark and soil.

Family
Octoblepharaceae (Octoblephar family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep consistently moist; mosses absorb water through their leaves and dry out quickly in air.
Soil
Grows on bark, rotting wood, soil or rock rather than in potting mix.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 18–32 °C; sensitive to frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Octoblepharum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Octoblepharaceae . The genus Octoblepharum was previously placed in family Calymperaceae.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Octoblepharum 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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