Porellaceae
Porella platyphylla
Porella platyphylla
Also known as Jungermannia platyphylla
Indoor Plants · Liverwort · Bryophyte · Terrarium · Vivarium · Shade · Humidity · Groundcover · Non-Vascular · Moisture Loving · Rock Garden
Porella platyphylla is a robust leafy liverwort best suited to terrariums, vivaria, or shaded moist rock gardens where humidity is consistently high. It prefers indirect or filtered light and must never be allowed to dry out completely, as desiccation quickly damages the foliage. This slow-growing bryophyte is a striking textural addition to naturalistic displays and needs no fertilizer to thrive.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Mist regularly or water gently to keep the plant evenly moist without waterlogging · Every 5-7 days or as needed to maintain consistent moisture
- 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
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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