Elaphoglossum minutum
Elaphoglossum minutum
- Native to:
- Bolivia | Brazil | Colombia | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Galápagos | Guam | Guatemala | Guyana | Honduras | Jamaica | Mexico | Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest | Nicaragua | Panamá | Peru | Venezuela
iNaturalist: © aztekium (iNaturalist #34847281)
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Pteridophyta | - Ferns
- Family:
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus:
- Elaphoglossum
- Species:
- Elaphoglossum minutum
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Epiphyte
- Height:
- 15 cm
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Minimum Light:
- Part Shade
- Best Light:
- Part Shade
- Habitat:
- Cloud forest, Montane, Epiphytic
- Ecology:
- A small epiphytic or lithophytic fern growing on mossy tree trunks, branches, and damp rock surfaces in high-elevation montane forests and paramos.
Soil Requirements
- Soil:
- humus-rich
- pH:
- acidic
- Drainage:
- moist
- Moisture:
- moist
- Notes:
- Epiphytic on mossy tree trunks or lithophytic on moss-covered rocks and thin humus-rich pockets of acidic soil.