Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Deep shade
Water
Mist and keep the crown damp
Mature size
60–120 cm
First harvest
Full rosette in two years
Family
Aspleniaceae
Where it grows
Balcony, Windowsill
Good for
Flowers & beauty
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Never pour water into the centre of the crown; it rots.
A rosette epiphyte that grows on a tree fork or a shaded wall bracket.
Growing it
Never pour water into the centre of the crown; it rots.
What it is for
Shade-house foliage; grows on bark with no soil at all.