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Dennstaedtiaceae
Batwing fern
Histiopteris incisa
Also known as Bat's wing fern, Water fern, Histiopteris incisa, Histiopteris sinuata
Tropical Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Fern · Tropical · Humidity · Indoor · Shade · Dennstaedtiaceae · Exotic · Fronds · Houseplant · Moist Soil
Batwing fern is a vigorous tropical fern with distinctive bat-wing-shaped fronds that thrives in bright indirect light and consistently moist, humid conditions. Keep it away from cold drafts and direct sun, which can scorch its delicate fronds. Regular misting or a humidity tray will help replicate its native tropical environment indoors.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until it drains from the pot, then allow the top inch of soil to dry before watering again · 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
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Antipodean Is., Ascension, Assam, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chatham Is., Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros
Sources: trefle
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