Botanical name:

Adiantum cunninghamii

Common name(s):

Maidenhair fern

About:

sAdiantum cunninghamii is a terrestrial fern with a creeping rhizome and dark green to blue-green fronds, which are pale blue-green on the underside. Its frond stalk (stipe) and central axis (rachis) are hairless, supporting oblong leaflets that add to its delicate, graceful appearance.

Natural habitat:

Common throughout in coastal and lowland forest, occasionally extending into upper montane forests. Usually found on banks, cliff faces and amongst boulders - especially on limestone, marble, basalt or andesite rocks.

Growing environment:

Shade resistant & Wetland + Clay +Coastal tolerant.

Endemic distribution:

Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands.

Height: 15-20cm

Flowering: N/A Spore producing

Fruiting: N/A

Uses:

Forests, containers & indoors.

How to grow:

Slow but once established easy. Best grown from spores which must be sown fresh. Spores may take several years to produce plants.