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Weeping Spleenwort (Asplenium flaccidum)

Weeping Spleenwort
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Weeping habit

Overview

Weeping Spleenwort (Asplenium flaccidum) is a New Zealand epiphytic fern with long, pendulous, flaccid fronds that hang gracefully from tree trunks.

Taxonomy

Family:	Aspleniaceae
Genus:	Asplenium (ass-PLEE-nee-um)
Species:	flaccidum (FLA-sih-dum)

Description

Fronds are simple, lanceolate, up to 1 m long, thin, flaccid, and pendulous. The midrib is prominent. Sori are linear along the veins. The plant forms a hanging curtain.

Habitat and Cultivation

Epiphytic on tree trunks in damp forests. In cultivation, mount on a vertical slab or hang in a basket. High humidity, shade, cool temperatures. Keep constantly moist.

Ferns: Mexican Weeping Bamboo (Otatea acuminata subsp. aztecorum); Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis): Graceful Pendulous Red Blooms; Asplenium aethiopicum: Shredded Spleenwort; Lemmaphyllum microphyllum; Huperzia gnidioides (Fir Clubmoss); Blechnum lehmannii; Pleopeltis angusta; Weeping Spleenwort (Asplenium flaccidum); Polypodium guttatum; Japanese Brake Fern (Pteris nipponica): Elegant Variegated Fern for Shade

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