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Asplenium nidus (Bird's Nest Fern)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 17398



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium nidus
 
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Plant Types edit
  • Epiphytic
  • Evergreen
  • Fern
  • Houseplant
  • Ornamental
  • Perennial
  • Tropical
Zones / Hardiness edit
  • 9b (to 30 F / -1 C)
  • 10a (to 35 F / 2 C)
  • 10b (to 40 F / 4 C)
  • 11 (Above 40 F / Above 4 C)
Height (Maximum) edit
  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
Spread (Maximum) edit
  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
Flowering Start edit
  • Non-Flowering
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  • Hanging Basket
  • Indoor
  • Rainforest
  • Shade Garden
  • Tropical Garden
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  • Partial Shade
  • Full Shade
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  • Well-drained
  • Moist
  • Acidic / Peaty
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  • The brown lines on the back of leaves are sori (spores.) edit | delete
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  purpleinopp (8118)
toni (36069)
Jewell (5504)
Frank (2698)
zuzu's petals (2148)


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Jewell (5504) wrote on Dec 20 2008
Had several mild winters and this fern did well. I brought it in this summer and divided approximately seven smaller plants off of it (spores that had propagated). I feel like this fern really deserves to be a speciman plant.

The parent plant is kept in a breezeway that is unheated and a bright room (temps are approximately 40- F. We are in the midst of a severe winter and it would not have survived, and now several people have what seems to be a very easy house plant.

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