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Is anyone growing Huperzias?


metalfan

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Is anyone growing these really cool tassel ferns? I had one years ago, Huperzia squarrosa, but it passed on to the great fern land beyond. I just got 3 small ones, H. nummularifolia, H. tetrastichioides, and H. brass. Will take photos tomorrow, we are under severe T-storms here at the moment. I want to give these the best chance, there isn;t a huge amount of culture data out there, they can be mounted, grown in baskets or pots but are very susceptible to crown rot if water stays on them...but at the same time they want daily misting/high humidity and can be epiphytic...

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Can you give me some pointers on potting media and care?

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I've always mounted them and given them lots of water.  I would assume good quality water is essential.  At Longwood gardens they have quite a few of these, all grown mounted and seem to be pretty wet.

 

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I can do that no problem. I have read various things. The last one I had was mounted, I think it died because I let the moisture sit on the leaves too long and it developed crown rot

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Treat them like most epiphytes; well drained medium, high humidity, good air flow & regular watering.

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Personally - I treat them like house plants - in "Pro Mix." They do just fine. 

I like how they look mounted, but I don't really have time to keep checking them to make sure they don't dry out. 

 

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I ended up mot mounting them. When I took them out of their little pots (they came in extremely fine tiny orchid bark chips that they had been in for a long time) I was afraid to disturb the root systems too much. I shook off what was loose and just repotted in regular orchid bark with a pad of sphagnum in the bottom of the pot and hung them up in the front of the greenhouse near one of the big box fans to be certain air flows well around them. Its storming so hard here right now I am hoping we don't lose our electricity. Huge thunderstorm blew up out of nowhere

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