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Paesia

Paesia
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

Paesia is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the bracken family, found in tropical South and Central America, East Asia and New Caledonia. Its members are rarely grown in gardens, and care notes apply to typical tropical forest ferns in general.

Family
Dennstaedtiaceae (Dennstaedti family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, well-drained mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

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Paesia is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1833. Species are known from South America, Central America, East Asia, and New Caledonia.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paesia 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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