Wayfarer Spore Filter Fern

Wayfarer's soft-edged fern grows broad, hairy fronds above a cork-and-mineral filter mat, with care directions printed in three trade scripts. Healthy foliage smells of wet slate and cucumber stem. Sour mushrooms mean the mat is saturated. Give it six hours of dim amber light, mist with 600 ml mineral water twice weekly, and move loaded mats only inside the supplied sleeve. Passenger haulers and mixed-language family ships pay extra because confusion costs more far from port. Luxury habitats hide filter gardens behind decorative screens. The fern reduces nuisance spores but does not sterilize a cabin. Rough handling shakes capture loose. Overwatering wakes fungal growth inside the mat. Carry one uncovered through passenger quarters and yesterday's protection becomes today's coughing fit, compensation claim, and multilingual argument.