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Selaginella haematodes
Bloody Clubmoss · Kunze clubmoss
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: full_shade
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 10–12
Click count
19
Observations
25
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full shade
Selaginella haematodes is native to habitats such as forest understories or rocky areas that provide natural shade. It prefers Full Shade but can tolerate Partial Sun.
Ideal: Full shade
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Selaginella haematodes comes from tropical areas, where the climate is usually warm and humid. Consequently, it is suited to high temperatures and humidity. It dislikes sudden temperature changes and prefers a consistent temperature, so preventing indoor temperature fluctuations is important. It generally cannot tolerate cold and needs higher temperatures to grow. If the ambient 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
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Selaginella
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 15 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Native Area
- Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama
Tags (5)
Common Names (2)
en Bloody Clubmoss
en Kunze clubmoss