Pteris longifolia
Long-Leaf Brake · Longleaf brake · Long-leaved brake · Ladder Brake
Description
Source: leafsnapPteris longifolia, the longleaf brake is a species of fern in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.
Care Guide
💧 Water Every 7 days
☀️ Light Partial sun
Longleaf brake comes from habitats such as forest understories or rocky sites, where it provides natural shade. It prefers Full Shade but can tolerate Partial Sun.
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Longleaf brake comes from tropical areas, where the weather is generally warm and humid. Therefore it is adapted to high temperatures and humidity. It does not tolerate sudden temperature changes and prefers a steady thermal environment, so avoiding temperature fluctuations indoors is important. It usually cannot endure cold and needs higher temperatures to grow. If the surrounding temperature falls too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Fern, Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Pteris
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 9-11
- Mature Height
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Native Area
- Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Jamaica