Botanical Name: Asplenium bulbiferum
Common Name: Mother fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, arching, delicate-looking lacy fern arising from a rosette; foliage is yellow-green with very dark mid-rib and petioles
Height to 4'
Spread to 4'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/out prefers shade; needs bright light, high humidity indoors
Soil prefers a peat-based potting soil
Hardiness some frost outdoors, zones 15-17, 20-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves twice-to three times pinnately compound leaves; pinnae to 1' long waxy and smooth; plantlets form over upper leaf surface on mature plants
Flowers none
Fruit sori oblong, dark brown, narrow and about 1/2" long
 
Propagation:
plantlets from leaves, spore
 
Usage:
used mostly in tropical landscaped under shady patios, in containers or raised planters; can be hard to grow indoors
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering, does not like dry conditions
Fertilizing balanced, half-strength, monthly during warm season
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases snails, slugs, scale
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: New Zealand
Family: Polypodiaceae

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