What have you got in foliage?

[skronkykong]

Kero, I have similar ferns popping up. At first I assumed they were liverworts but now they look more like ferns. They are at the top/left/center of this pic. Whatever they are I like them.

[Frognut]

"harrywitmore"]That is awesome!

Yea! This place was great! and they were building the rainforest room when I visited, to include darts. to make a special trip just to see this place would be worth it.

[harrywitmore]

Originally Posted by skronkykong

Whatever they are I like them.

Those are a species of Pteris. They come up everywhere here and are very variable. Some are really cool with spider like foliage and some have very large course foliage. But, they will take over since they come up from spore so easily.

[Frogtofall]

Peperomia rupicola aff.

[Manuran]

That is a pretty Peperomia. Nice culture too.

[fishmommy]

hey, maybe you can help identify these two ferns that appeared in my tanks:

unidentified miniature that starts with those scaley growths shown earlier (thumb shown for size ref):


unidentified large fern (looks like a maidenhair type):


here's some other assorted foliage that is identified:
columnea 'early bird' - I just love the red edging on these


macodes petola - no foliage thread is complete without this plant!


episcia lilacina


pilea 'moon valley'


rabbit foot fern


maidenhair fern (I have the true name in my notes but am too lazy at this moment to get it)


purple passion vine

[harrywitmore]

All I can say is AWESOME!

Originally Posted by Frogtofall

Peperomia rupicola aff.

[flyangler18]

All I can say is AWESOME!

No kidding! :shock: What a great looking species! :shock:

[harrywitmore]

I suspect the first one is very immature and so you will have to wait. I had some Camphyloneurum phyllitidis start out just like this but it's a huge fern when mature.

The second is a Adiantum but at this size it's also hard to tell.

Originally Posted by fishmommy

hey, maybe you can help identify these two ferns that appeared in my tanks:

unidentified miniature that starts with those scaley growths shown earlier (thumb shown for size ref):


unidentified large fern (looks like a maidenhair type):

[Woodsman]

The Lepanthes are an awesome genus, but almost all are very cool growing (from high elevations) and (therefore) really tricky to grow. Hobbyist growers are known to bring all their Lepanthes down into their basements in the Summer months in order to keep them cool, but many still perish. If one keeps their PDFs on the cooler side all of the year, this would be the best bet.

BTW, one of the few US federally-listed endangered orchid species is Lepanthes eltorensis, a species only found on a few tall palm trees in the Carib National Forest in Puerto Rico (have a look at Natureserve.org). It would be nice if some of us plant enthusiasts could "band" together to help some of the less fortunate orchids out there.

Richard in Staten Island, NYC.