Is your hen and chickens fern a fake?
Are you growing a hen & chickens fern at home? If so, chances are it’s a fake, unless you dug it out of the bush.Read more
2009-04-30
Are you growing a hen & chickens fern at home? If so, chances are it’s a fake, unless you dug it out of the bush.Read more
Most hen & chickens ferns in cultivation are the false hen & chickens fern, Asplenium ×lucrosum, rather than Asplenium bulbiferum. The two are easily distinguished. Asplenium ×lucrosum is a sterile hybrid between Asplenium bulbiferum and Asplenium dimorphum. The “×” preceding “lucrosum” indicates it is a hybrid. The two parent speciesRead more
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