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Rhachidosorus

Rhachidosorus is a genus of ferns in the order Polypodiales, placed either in its own family Rhachidosoraceae or within Aspleniaceae. Few members are widely grown, so care guidance here is general for ferns of this type rather than specific to the genus.

Family
Rhachidosoraceae (Rhachidosor family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-draining potting mix.
Temperature
15–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Rhachidosorus is a genus of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is the only genus in the family Rhachidosoraceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Rhachidosoroideae of a more broadly defined family Aspleniaceae, the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhachidosorus 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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