Fern Encyclopedia

Adiantum formosum (Giant Maidenhair Fern)

Adiantum fern, Rhizomatous clumping, reaching 15-60 cm, native to Worldwide (cosmopolitan). 15-60 cm Rhizomatous clumping Worldwide (cosmopolitan) Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributors. Click any image to view original. Vintage...

Adiantum formosum (Giant Maidenhair Fern)

Adiantum fern, Rhizomatous clumping, reaching 15-60 cm, native to Worldwide (cosmopolitan). 15-60 cm Rhizomatous clumping Worldwide (cosmopolitan) Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributors. Click any image to view original. Vintage...

Adiantum hispidulum (Rough Maidenhair Fern, Fiv...

Adiantum hispidulum (Rough Maidenhair Fern) is the toughest and most forgiving Adiantum species for indoor cultivation, tolerating 40-50% humidity and brighter light conditions that would kill A. raddianum or A....

Adiantum hispidulum (Rough Maidenhair Fern, Fiv...

Adiantum hispidulum (Rough Maidenhair Fern) is the toughest and most forgiving Adiantum species for indoor cultivation, tolerating 40-50% humidity and brighter light conditions that would kill A. raddianum or A....

Adiantum cunninghamii (Cunningham's Maidenhair)

Adiantum cunninghamii represents one of New Zealand's most elegant yet culturally demanding endemic ferns, distinguished by its diagnostic glaucous blue-green frond coloration and asymmetrically stalked ultimate segments. Named after pioneering...

Adiantum cunninghamii (Cunningham's Maidenhair)

Adiantum cunninghamii represents one of New Zealand's most elegant yet culturally demanding endemic ferns, distinguished by its diagnostic glaucous blue-green frond coloration and asymmetrically stalked ultimate segments. Named after pioneering...

Adiantum aethiopicum (Common Maidenhair)

Adiantum aethiopicum is a widely distributed Southern Hemisphere fern known for its delicate, layered fronds with characteristic black stems and fan-shaped leaflets. More adaptable than most maidenhair ferns, it thrives...

Adiantum aethiopicum (Common Maidenhair)

Adiantum aethiopicum is a widely distributed Southern Hemisphere fern known for its delicate, layered fronds with characteristic black stems and fan-shaped leaflets. More adaptable than most maidenhair ferns, it thrives...

Adiantum diaphanum (Filmy Maidenhair)

Adiantum diaphanum is an ethereal fern named for its remarkably translucent fronds, where leaves are often only one cell layer thick in certain areas. This delicate species thrives in consistently...

Adiantum diaphanum (Filmy Maidenhair)

Adiantum diaphanum is an ethereal fern named for its remarkably translucent fronds, where leaves are often only one cell layer thick in certain areas. This delicate species thrives in consistently...

Adiantum concinnum (Brittle Maidenhair Fern)

Adiantum concinnum, the Brittle Maidenhair Fern, captivates with delicate bipinnate fronds featuring lustrous dark stipes and fine pinnules, but demands advanced cultivation skills with strict requirements for 70-85% humidity, consistent...

Adiantum concinnum (Brittle Maidenhair Fern)

Adiantum concinnum, the Brittle Maidenhair Fern, captivates with delicate bipinnate fronds featuring lustrous dark stipes and fine pinnules, but demands advanced cultivation skills with strict requirements for 70-85% humidity, consistent...