Bird’s nest fern
| PLANT INFO. | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| SCIENTIFIC NAME |
Asplenium nidus
|
| COMMON NAME |
Bird’s nest fern
|
| FAMILY |
Aspleniaceae
|
| FORM |
Spreading, Arching
|
| HEIGHT |
0.3 -1.5m
|
| CROWN SIZE | 0.3-15m |
| TEXTURE |
Coarse
|
| TRUNK | Brown |
| FOLIAGE |
Green
|
| FLOWER COLOR | |
| SCENT |
No scent
|
| BLOOMING PERIOD | |
| SOIL | High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) |
| MOISTURE |
Moderate
|
| LIGHT | Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) |
| INSECTS & DISEASE | Susceptible to slugs, snails, scale, mealybugs, bacterial leaf diseases, leaf nematodes |
| GROWTH RATE/ HABIT |
Slow
|
| SPACING |
0.9-1.8m
|
| CHARACTERISTICS/ USES | An upright, epiphytic perennial which grows to a height of 0.6 m and crown size 0.3 m. It has glossy, dark-green ovate leaves with arrow-shaped tips and long leaf stalks. It bears glossy, puckered, and ovate to heart-shaped bright red spathes with long yellow spadices all year round. It hybridized easily as such cultivars with pink spathe can also be obtained. It thrives well in loamy soils with moderate to high moisture content and loves full-partial shade. It makes good cut flowers and is also a good house plant. It is suitable for indoor decoration as the bright color of the flowers brightens up the room. |
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