Specific Families and Genera > Ferns
Unknown fern
Graham Catlow:
--- Quote from: annew on January 22, 2012, 12:12:47 PM ---When the new fronds unfurl, it is fantastic - like an animal covered in black hair.
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I agree Anne. Something really prehistoric!
Two photos of Dryopteris wallichiana unfurling.
Can anyone hazard a guess on the third photo please. Or rather than guessing provide me with an id ???
Hoy:
--- Quote from: Graham Catlow on January 22, 2012, 08:02:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: annew on January 22, 2012, 12:12:47 PM ---When the new fronds unfurl, it is fantastic - like an animal covered in black hair.
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I agree Anne. Something really prehistoric!
Two photos of Dryopteris wallichiana unfurling.
Can anyone hazard a guess on the third photo please. Or rather than guessing provide me with an id ???
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Yes, a dramatic sight! Not very plantlike!
Can your fern be a Blechnum? Blechnum nipponicum maybe?
Maggi Young:
Your third fern, Graham... perhaps Blechnum spicant?
http://hardyfernlibrary.com/ferns/listSpecies.cfm?Auto=102
Aren't the fronds of B. nipponicum more "bowed out" in the middle? (while the B. spicant fronds are more elegantly elongated?)
annew:
Blechnum spicant, I reckon.
Graham Catlow:
Thanks, Hoy, Maggi and Anne.
After Hoy had indicated B. nipponicum I thought I would have a look for it in the RHS plantfinder to see how common it might be. It indicated only one nursery as a supplier, so I began to think it would be unlikely to be that species. However, the next step took me to Scotland and the next step took me to Binny’s nursery, which is a few miles up the road from where I live. It was given to me by someone I know purchases from Binny’s. They no longer have it in their catalogue but they do have B. spicant.
So, it's possible it could have been nipponicum.
Graham
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