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Microsorum pteropus "Short Narrow Leaf"

°C
°dKH
Aquarium suitability: yes
Difficulty: very easy
Growth: slow

Availability [?]: 
  • occasionally available commercially

Habit, plant type:

  • rhizome or creeping stem
  • epiphyte or epilith
  • fern
Botanical name [?]: Microsórum ptéropus (Blume) Copeland

Major group (unranked): Ferns (Monilophytes)
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microsorum

Description: 

There are several relatively short-growing, narrow-leaved varieties of Java Fern (Microsorum pteropus), among them "Short Narrow Leaf", which was only recently named. The leaves of this variety are usually shorter than those of M. pteropus 'Narrow', they are of comparable width, though. All in all, this is a relatively compact fern with rather thick rhizomes.

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Light low to high 
Temperature tolerance 4 to 30 °C
Optimum temperature 20 to 28 °C
Carbonate hardness 0 to 14 °dKH
pH value 5 to 8 
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 5 to 40 mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 10 to 50 mg/l
Phosphate (PO43-) 0.1 to 3 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 5 to 30 mg/l
Iron (Fe) 0.01 to 0.5 mg/l

Growth: slow

Propagation: Proliferating leaves, Proliferating roots, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants

Can grow emersed?: yes

Suited for outdoor cultivation / ponds: no

Winter hardiness: not hardy in Germany

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