Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux






VAT included · plus
Your new plant has just travelled a long way and needs a calm start in its new home. For step-by-step unboxing and first-week care, check our after-delivery care guide. For deeper tips on how your plant settles in over the next weeks, read our houseplant acclimatization guide.
Secure shipping, carefully packed orders with safe delivery across the EU, UK and Switzerland.
28-day plant guarantee, if a plant arrives damaged or fails soon after delivery, we help you make it right.
Free returns, simple, cost-free returns according to our policy.
For full details, please see:
Please head to our FAQ Page or Contact us.
Microsorum musifolium 'Crocodyllus' is a crocodile fern with long, strap-like green fronds marked by raised, netted texture. The pattern sits across the leaf surface like a natural grid, giving each frond a bold, leathery appearance as it matures. This epiphytic fern grows from rhizomes and forms a loose rosette of undivided leaves, so the plant gains width and presence through leaf length and rhizome spread over time. Its tropical growth points to warmth, steady humidity and an airy, moisture-retentive root zone, especially in plant cabinets, vitrines or sheltered bright-indirect positions.
Quick Care Guide
Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux
Watering
Water when ~10–25% dry
Substrate
Moisture-retentive but aerated • Evenly moist • Organic-leaning • Fine-medium
Temperature
Ideal: 15–24 °C • Avoid below: 10 °C
Humidity
Humid 60–80 % +
Growth habit
Creeping epiphytic fern.
Support
Not needed
Growth speed
Average
Max size indoors
Max. height: 60 cm • Max. spread: 50 cm
Toxicity & safety
Non-toxic & Pet Friendly
Origin & habitat
Cultivar of Microsorum musifolium; S. Myanmar to New Guinea; epiphytic fern habitat
These care values are practical reference points for indoor growing. Use them as a starting point, then adjust for your room, pot size, substrate, temperature and how quickly the plant dries.
For more context, read the full product description or visit our Plant Care Guides.
Do not leave outside below
10°C
This plant is best kept indoors and should not be treated as an outdoor plant in European climates.
Plant names, growth habits, natural habitats and indoor care guidance are checked against trusted botanical, habitat and horticultural references before publication.View our plant care resources and references.