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Aspleniaceae
Asplenium flaccidum
Asplenium flaccidum
Also known as Darea odontites, Caenopteris flaccida, Asplenium marinum var. flaccidum, Darea flaccida
Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Fern · Spleenwort · New Zealand Native · Shade Plant · Humidity Loving · Indoor Fern · Asplenium · Weeping Fern · Terrarium · Foliage
Asplenium flaccidum, commonly known as weeping spleenwort, is an elegant drooping fern native to New Zealand and surrounding islands that thrives in shaded, humid environments. Keep it in bright to moderate indirect light, maintain consistently moist soil using filtered water, and mist fronds regularly to provide the humidity it craves. Avoid cold drafts, direct sunlight, and waterlogged conditions, which can cause root rot and frond damage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until excess drains; keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Sources: trefle, usda
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