Grow Your Own Jungle: Shop the Large Davallia Griffithiana Rabbit Foot Fern Plant

Description

Common name:

Large Rabbit Foot Fern

Regional name:

Marathi - Rabbit Foot Fern

Category:

Ferns, Indoor Plants, Groundcovers

Family:

Polypodiaceae or Fern family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Non Flowering

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

1 to 2 meters

Plant Form:

Spreading

Special Character:

• Indigenous (native to India)
• Good for Cut foliage
• Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
• Hanging or weeping growth habit
• Grows best in humid and warm regions

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- Origin - India
- An extremely pretty fern by any standards. A well grown plant is spectacular.
- Epiphytic fern with creeping rhizomes, covered with glistening white scales, wiry fronds 3-4 pinnatifid into well spaced segments, with the ultimate leaflets deeply toothed, not deciduous.

Growing tips:

- Does not tolerate poor light - should be kept steadily moist and warm.
- Can take full sun in high humidity coastal areas. Require regular water.
- Grow in compost consisting of two parts each of loam and leaf mould and 1 part rotten farmyard manure.
- Like all tropical ferns this one too requires high humidity and warm temperatures. The potting media should contain high organic matter content and be well drained yet stay moist. This can be achieved by using moss and leaf mould in the potting mix.