ASPLENIUM ANTIQUUM OSAKA - info
ASPLENIUM ANTIQUUM OSAKA
Like all epiphytes tend to grow, placing its roots on the other plants ( or rocks) had to be a plant pest.
In its natural environment is able to have all the moisture it needs directly from the surrounding world.
Does not need any fertilizer, extra.
Data sheet
- Light
- A lot of light. No direct sun.
- Recommended temperature
- Greater than 15 °C
- Watering
- Wait until the earth is dry. To check, scratch and feel with your fingers well below the surface of the soil. Immerse the plant pot in a container with water, for 1/5 of its height for 3 minutes.
- Humidity
- Spray with water, possibly rainwater or a little of the limestone, even on a daily basis, to create a habitat more similar to that of the origin of the plant.
- Name
- Splen, from Greek, spleen, probably used for the treatment of disorders of this organ.
- Origin
- India, Japan, Australia.
- Habitat
- The humid forests.
- Family
- Polypodiaceae.