This evergreen fern is rounded and compact, perfect for an indoor garden, terrarium, or greenhouse. Fronds are tiny, thread-like pinnules, dissected. Best suited to temperatures above 45 degrees Fahrenheit, thus often used as a houseplant. It is very important that […]

A weeping fern due in part to the large pinnules that perch at the end of each rachis. The pinnules are lobed and wedge-shaped to fan-like. From Queensland, Australia.

With a weeping habit and pinnules that are flecked with white, this fern is a very attractive one. The fronds are crested at their tips, with a lot of pinnules. Also called ‘Variegated Tesselate’.

Often mistaken for ‘Fritz Luth’, this large, upright, fern has bigger fronds and also has pinnules that sit underneath the rachis.

New growth is lime green on this plant and progresses to green pinnules with brown veins. At maturity, the pinnules are all rusty brown.

A tall erect fern with nicely spaced pinnules that are irregular. Sometimes seen with a white fleck due to a lack of chlorophyll. Also known as ‘Bausei’.

This weeping fern is best in a hanging basket. Its small pinnules can be oval, wedge-shaped or round. Similar to ‘Gracillimum’ except that the fronds are crested.

This cultivar, with its attractively lobed pinnules on roughly triangular fronds, has been around since early in the century. It is sterile and can be reproduced by division of the parent plant only.

Broad fan-shaped pinnules overlap at the end of the fronds on this small cultivar. The pinnules have some lobing but that is not always immediately apparent because of the congestion on the fronds.

With thousands of tiny round pinnules on a large frond this plant has a busy look about it. It is an erect plant best suited to a pot. New growth is pale pink.