Ferns!

[Stan]

Adiantums formosum ,hipidulum. Blechnum lemannii,a mini tree fern with red new frond and develops after a few years suckers.Pteris tricolor in sunlight and a couple of potted Harts tongues ferns.

[Stan]

For some reason i cant edit my fern post to read A. hispidulum. That's a new glitch.

[SubTropicRay]

Very cool Stan.  Thanks for sharing.

[bgl]

I don't know much about ferns (=next to nothing!) but we have a bunch of native Hawaiian tree ferns all over the place here. "Hapu'u" in Hawaiian, I believe these are Cibotium menziesii.

[Stan]

Bo,ferns are the perfect compliment to Palms.Why more dont use them is a wonderment.

Tree ferns as weeds,what a life....

[bgl]

Well, actually I was careful not to call the Hawaiian Tree Fern a weed. We do keep them, and appreciate them. If we have to remove one of them, we plant it someplace else. They're very easy to move, but I try to avoid that. What is a true weed, though, is the Australian Tree Fern. These are VERY fast growing (about ten times as fast as the Hawaiian one), and we made the mistake of planting a handful about 8 years ago. Now they're spreading all over the place, and removing them is a major project. This one is a volunteer plant, probably close to 20 ft/6 m. tall. It'll stay where it is!

[philinsydney]

[Stan]

Those arent cooperi,maybe australis? Heavy duty trunks..

[philinsydney]

The botom ones (with me) are australis, I'm sure, and are growing near Sydney, where that species is common. The top ones are most likely leichhardtiana, due to their location in Mount Warning National Park, far NE NSW.

[philinsydney]

Cyathea australis- a 20-footer in the Blue Mountains, NSW.

[philinsydney]

Cyathea leichhardtiana with Livistona australis in rainforest in the Illawarra district, NSW.

[philinsydney]

Dicksonia antarctica: these are high-altitude ones in the Snowy Mountains, NSW; 700-800 m elevation.

[nomolos]

Dicksonia Antartica (Tasmaian Tree Fern, Man Fern)

[Kris]

Dear Guys  

you are all those lucky onces to either have it in your gardens or your nurseries.the stills are fentastic and Bo that still of your's with a new sprout of fern spear reminds me of the jurassic period.

and are the fern trees propogated by seeds and if so who are the online traders of such giant fern trees..

Information needed please !

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[ZoneTenNut]

Awesome tree ferns everyone. Thanks for the great pics.

Roger

[pogobob]

Looking for Cyathea Medullaris in SoCal. Thanks....Bob

[Howeadypsis]

I love these things, and the smaller ferns, but unfortunatley  the first pics are no longer visible.

[MattyB]

[Howeadypsis]

Matty,that fiddlehead is fantastic,great photo!

[8er-moni]

Thank you for you great fotos!

Mine is a small one, but I am proud - he had managed the first winter (indoors).

Bought as Dicksonia antarctica - but experts opinion: Sphaeropteris cooperi or Cyathea tomentosissima!?

[griphuz]

100% sure Cyathea tomentosissima Moni.

Feed it well, keep it moist and the it likes quite a lot of sun, provided it has the moist it needs.

Be prepared for quite some growth!

Kind regards,

Remko.

[8er-moni]

Hi Remko!

Thanks - she is still alive :winkie: - and quite pretty

I like it very much

[virtualpalm]

I don't know much about ferns (=next to nothing!) but we have a bunch of native Hawaiian tree ferns all over the place here. "Hapu'u" in Hawaiian, I believe these are Cibotium menziesii.

Do you (or anyone) know of a source (perhaps mailorder) for these Hawaiian tree ferns? I saw them when I was in Hawaii and loved them. I think they might do well here in Miami.

Jody

[tropicbreeze]

Crozier on a tree fern in Papua New Guinea. Suspect it's a Cyathea sp. but am only guessing.

Crozier on one of our locals, Blechnum orientale. Not usually considered a tree fern but I've seen them with trunks of 1.5 to 2 metres tall. Then they do look like tree ferns.

Blechnum orientale again, crozier more advanced.

Another crozier, but don't have an ID for it. Not a tree fern, growing in Papua New Guinea.

Again, not a tree fern but I really liked this one, growing in Papua New Guinea. Believe it's a Sticherus species.

[Mike in Nelson]

I actually wouldn't mind a tropical fern as a house plant. Any suggestions?

[tropicbreeze]

What form are you looking for? Hanging? Twining? Standard fern shape? Tassel ferns make interesting displays. Necklace Ferns are like Maidenhair that forms plantlets on the ends of it's fronds which look good draping down. There's a large variety of them. Although, in a house you'll want something that'll cope with lower humidity.

[Gonzer]

I'm partial to Adiantums as they tend to give a smooth edge to all my rough ones.

Big 'ol varigated.

A. raddianaum cv. micropinnulum

A. capillus-veneris

[Gonzer]

A. raddianum 'Crested'

another capillus-veneris

and a big Pteris cretica 'Argyraea'

a look down the Zen garden.

[Mike in Nelson]

What form are you looking for? Hanging? Twining? Standard fern shape? Tassel ferns make interesting displays. Necklace Ferns are like Maidenhair that forms plantlets on the ends of it's fronds which look good draping down. There's a large variety of them. Although, in a house you'll want something that'll cope with lower humidity.

Probably hanging or standard. Temp range is 16c to 30c and humidity range 35% to 60%.

[tropicbreeze]

Mike, the thing with ferns is that most do better with higher humidity but not too high temperatures. I don't know what's available in your area but maidenhairs (Adiantum sp.) make good house plants. Gonzer put up some photos of them above.

[Jose Maria]

Dear Guys  

you are all those lucky onces to either have it in your gardens or your nurseries.the stills are fentastic and Bo that still of your's with a new sprout of fern spear reminds me of the jurassic period.

and are the fern trees propogated by seeds and if so who are the online traders of such giant fern trees..

Information needed please !

thanks & Love,

Kris  

Kris,

Tree ferns occur all over the tropics, mostly in a rain forest environment. I don't know about India, but there must be some growing in a forest close by your home.Here in Costa Rica they are all over, people use the trunks because they are spongy and used for growing orchids in these substrate,but any way there are lots of them, they grow on all kinds of soils,wet or dry, all kinds of climates(cold...warm)...well cold for us in the tropics..20°Centigrade is cold here...

I sent some spores to Spain and they "germinated" there...not really germinating..a bit more complicated ...prothallum..etc..a bit long to explain,better look it up in biology...

I don't think there is a trade in spores as there is for palm seeds, but exchanges can do the job.

Picture taken along a road.

They dont have seeds, but spores, these