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Bolbitis auriculata
Green flame fern · Fishtail Fern
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: partial_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 10–12
Click count
86
Observations
33
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Bolbitis auriculata is native to habitats such as forest understories or rocky areas that provide natural shade. Its preferred sunlight condition is Full Shade, but it can tolerate Partial Sun.
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Bolbitis auriculata comes from tropical areas, where the climate is generally warm and humid. Because of this, it is suited to high temperatures and humidity. It does not tolerate abrupt temperature changes and prefers a consistent temperature, so avoiding indoor temperature swings is important. It usually cannot withstand cold conditions and needs warmer temperatures for growth. If the surrounding temperature falls too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Fern, Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Bolbitis
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 49 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green, Forest Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Native Area
- Angola, Sudan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Congo, Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Benin, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic
Tags (4)
Common Names (2)
en Green flame fern
en Fishtail Fern