Didymochlaena

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Didymochlaena in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Didymochlaena (Greek, twin cloak; alluding to the indusium). Polypodiaceae. Greenhouse ferns of rather coarse foliage. Indusium elliptical, emarginate at the base, attached along a central vein, free all around the margin.—One or 2 species. Large coarse ferns somewhat resembling the shield ferns, Dryopteris, in habit and gross appearance. D. lunulata is a very distinct fern. It looks like a tree maidenhair, but the stems are thick and fleshy and the leaves are fleshier than any Adiantum. In cultivation the trunk is only a few inches high, but the fronds are 4 to 6 feet long and densely covered with long, brown, chaffy scales and has a metallic luster. This is a warm- house fern, and may be used for subtropical bedding. It has a bad trick of dropping its pinnules if allowed to get too dry at the root, but soon rallies under liberal treatment. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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