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Long-leaved felt fern

Pyrrosia longifolia

Also called Long Leaved Pyrrosia, Long Leved Felt Fern

Long-leaved felt fern
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pyrrosia longifolia is an epiphytic fern from wet tropical Asia and the Pacific that grows on tree trunks and rocks. It is a good fit for humid, shaded spots and does not like dry air or direct sun.

Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the root zone evenly moist but never soggy; let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, airy epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat, or moss on a mount.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (Yunnan) to Indo-China and S. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pyrrosia longifolia is a species of fern growing in south east Asia, the Pacific region and Australia.

Other Pyrrosia plants

Close Growing Pyrrosia · Horseshoe Felt Fern · Leather-leaf fern · Tongue Fern · Dragon Scale Fern · Rock Felt Fern · Pyrrosia stigmosa · Felt Ferns

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrrosia longifolia 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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