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Polyphlebium

Polyphlebium
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0

Polyphlebium is a small genus of filmy ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, with very thin, moisture-loving fronds. Filmy ferns of this kind need constant high humidity and shade, so they are rarely grown outside specialist collections.

Family
Hymenophyllaceae (Hymenophyll family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Shade
Water
Keep the growing medium and air constantly moist without letting it sit waterlogged.
Soil
Fine, moisture-retentive, fibrous medium such as sphagnum moss or fern mix.
Temperature
Cool to mild, roughly 12–24 °C; avoid heat and frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Polyphlebium is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polyphlebium 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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