Another fern ID

Axl · #1 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 01:15 PM

Hi!
Look:

What could it be?.
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harrywitmore · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 02:22 PM

This is another one of the 'Table Ferns' they sell at Lowes and Wally World but the name escapes me. Could be some species of Pteris.

Axl · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 03:38 PM

Hi!
Thanks to anwer. Pteris? No, I think it isn't a pteris. Some people said to me that it could be a Davallia. The leaf are similar.
Bye!.

harrywitmore · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 03:44 PM

Nope, I have seen this fern and bought it and it isn't a Davallia.

harrywitmore · #5 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 08:13 PM

I looked futher into the id of this fern and I believe it is Pteris dentata

slaytonp · #6 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 02:18 AM

Sure'nuf-- Pteris dentata--even Exotica III (1967) says so.

Axl · #7 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 07:57 AM

Hi!
Yes, it's a Pteris dentata. You are very good!. Thanks!.
Bye!.

Axl · #8 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 10:13 AM

Hi!
Another ID :roll: :

That is the more difficult to identify, and the last

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Bye!.

slaytonp · #9 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 01:09 AM

Just looking at the form isn't much help. A lot of ferns look like this, so you pretty much have to have more detail, including looking at the spore patterns on the fertile fronds, growth pattern, presence of rhizomes, mature size, etc. I have something that looks exactly like this that cropped up "spontaneously" in the middle of some
Davalia (rabbits foot fern) in my P. terribilis tank. But if you got this from Wall Mart, etc., it's most likely a Nephrolepis sp. or Boston Fern, that will be too large for a frog tank in the long run. This Victorian "table fern" is my over-all guess, based on the facts available.

Axl · #10 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 10:29 AM

Hi!
Details:
The biggest frond:

Little frond:

If you need more details , please tell me.
Bye!.