r/ferns • • 6h ago

Planting/Growing Filmy ferns, highly adapted to a life in high humidity, seem to be the perfect choice for a sealed terrarium

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17 Upvotes

An introduction and a first-hand account:

https://hermetospheres.com/2026/10/17/leaves-like-a-thin-skin/


r/ferns • • 23h ago

Video fern room at the conservatory — check out those staghorns on the wall!

111 Upvotes

r/ferns • • 19h ago

Image Hi rhizome question !

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20 Upvotes

Just cut off a rhizome to grow another plant and when I cut it , realized after it has roots and a stem, do I still lay this on soil or burry roots


r/ferns • • 1d ago

Question Intresting Fern Frond

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42 Upvotes

Anyone ever see ferns spilt like this? Was wondering if its possible to clone or propagate?..


r/ferns • • 12h ago

Planting/Growing Help

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I repotted my fern because it was very root bound (pic 1-3), and it has not come back to what it use to look like (pic 4 and 5), it seems as if it’s doing even worse (last picture) 😢


r/ferns • • 1d ago

Video Meet the face of my tree fern

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r/ferns • • 1d ago

ID Request Fern or weed ?

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Found this beauty in my garden - she is growing off a fabric planter. Is this a weed or a fern ?
Tempted to bring a small sample inside before winter sets in. Zone 6a - 7b.


r/ferns • • 1d ago

ID Request Updated Photos ID help?

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Just taken some more photos to help with IDing this fern!


r/ferns • • 1d ago

Question Does anyone sell ant ferns (lecanopteris) in Australia.

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I recently have gotten really interested in this genus and have searched everywhere for it but the plants are either extremely expensive ($200 for a cutting) or Indonesian illegal smugglers. If you have any ant ferns and can sell for 60-70 dollars I would be more than happy to buy one.


r/ferns • • 2d ago

ID Request Help ID'ing this fern please!

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Got this fern in import as Drynaria Bonii but doesn't seem to be it at all to me. Anyone got a better idea for me?


r/ferns • • 2d ago

Question A few dry leaves is normal?

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Hey! I got my first fern about 2 months ago. I’d say it’s been doing pretty good but I noticed some dry leaves in a couple fronds. Just wanted to know if this is normal or it may be a sign of an underlying issue. Other than that, the fern looks happy! There’s lots of humidity here.

Also, I am not sure what kind of fern it is, if you know please let me know! Thank you so much.


r/ferns • • 3d ago

ID Request Help with fern id?

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Got this fella to put in a tropical terrarium, was told by another user to try posting here, said they think it looks a bit like a rabbits foot fern. I was informed to check for "a fuzzy rhizome" but am unsure what that'd look like. Any ID and advice for care would be massively appreciated as I'm very much a newbie with ferns!


r/ferns • • 4d ago

Question Birds nest fern identify issues

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Hey guys, my fern has crispy edges and dotty leaves, I’ve been away for a week but the humidity has stayed around 70% and the water will have stayed moist but not wet. Can anyone identify the issue?


r/ferns • • 5d ago

News Article Three of my adiantums: microphyllum, raddianum, and hispidulum. So varied

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23 Upvotes

r/ferns • • 6d ago

Image My Favourite fern.

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85 Upvotes

My Dad gave me this Staghorn a few years back. He’s been propagating them for decades. It’s doubled in size since I received it and is thriving. Besides keeping it watered and out of the direct sun, I just place a banana peel on top of it every six months or so.

I love it and how low maintenance it is.


r/ferns • • 6d ago

Image A year ago, my tree fern looked like this.

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25 Upvotes

Photo taken on October 3, 2025.


r/ferns • • 6d ago

Image Advice needed! Staghorn fern basal fronds getting too big?

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10 Upvotes

Is it time to repot?


r/ferns • • 7d ago

Planting/Growing Staghorn Fern

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54 Upvotes

Is this mounted upside down?


r/ferns • • 8d ago

ID Request Those are two different adiantums, right?

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Those are volunteers who grew along with the third, also unidentified fern. Any idea which one is what?

(And how likely am I to keep them alive indoors, since the mystery fern is clearly unhappy...)


r/ferns • • 8d ago

Image The other side of my tree fern

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r/ferns • • 10d ago

Question I’ve never seen sori outline a fern like this

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3.6k Upvotes

Lake Tahoe, California USA
area on the west shore.

Is this normal? I usually see them in dots on bracken ferns


r/ferns • • 9d ago

Planting/Growing How do I sort my punga spores

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I gathered WAY too many punga spores and this is my first time. I have so much and I don't know how to sort it. That paper thing isn't quite working for me but I can try again. Could I just propagate with husks included?


r/ferns • • 9d ago

Image Do all ferns fall like this?

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6 Upvotes

r/ferns • • 10d ago

Image Kidney-shaped sori on a green fern frond!

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56 Upvotes

Probably a Christella dentata


r/ferns • • 10d ago

Image My rabbit foot fern! Got july 1st, 2026. Last photos three oct 3rd, 2026. First fern ive had and my mind wanders to a fern covered house….

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48 Upvotes