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Java Fern Narrow Leaf

Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow Leaf'

Family: Polypodiaceae

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Java Fern Narrow Leaf is a cultivar of the standard Java Fern with significantly narrower, lance-shaped leaves that create a finer, more graceful texture in aquascapes. It reaches 20–30 cm in height and works beautifully as a midground plant where a more delicate silhouette is desired. Care is identical to regular Java Fern — attach to hardscape, never bury the rhizome, and it will grow steadily under low to medium light.

Keeping this species

co2
Not required
light
Low to medium (20–60 PAR)
placement
Midground; tie to driftwood or rock
substrate
Not planted in substrate
growth rate
Slow
propagation
Adventitious plantlets from leaf margins

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Water it likes

ph
6.0–8.0
nitrate
<30 ppm
hardness
2–25 dGH
temperature
68–82°F (20–28°C)

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