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Wild Boston fern is native to the Americas. This evergreen plant can reach as high as 40–90 centimetres (16–35 in), and in extreme cases up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). The sori (structures producing and containing spores) are rounded.
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Another small forest on another vacant lot in DeLand, Florida. Ferns on the ground and vines going up the trees. Until it gets bulldozed and one more little patch of nature is gone.
Built in 1889 blending the Italianate and Eastlake styles. The home is located at the corner of Upperline St. in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
Architect, Samuel Jamison built this home for Joseph Carroll in 1869 at the corner of Chestnut St. in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, La. 70130.
Built in 1889 blending the Italianate and Eastlake styles. The home is located at the corner of Upperline St. (next to 4901) in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
N is for Nephrolepis, or Boston Fern. I’m cheating just a little on this as I had to use the scientific name to find a plant that begins with N. There are lots of summer flowering plants that begin with the letter N, but this is winter in Indiana and it’s 26°F today at noon. I also confess to buying this just for the challenge, as I didn’t have any plants beginning with N. The local garden stores don’t sell Boston Ferns in the winter because they are considered a seasonal plant here in Indiana, so I ordered it from Florida. The Postal Service took 6 days to get it to me instead of 3, so it arrived a little bit frazzled, but fortunately survived the cold trip. (I don’t recommend having plants shipped in the winter.) I don’t usually have good luck with ferns, so will see how this little one does. It’s a smaller variety called ‘compacta’ so won’t get as big as the ones they sell for outdoors in the summer, and is more suited to be a house plant. I’m keeping it on a bed of pebbles with water for humidity so hopefully that will help.
A corner of my back yard and the gate coming back from several hard freezes last winter. Shot in digital infrared and warm-toned.
Dragged it home from where it was discarded on the sidewalk waiting for the trash man.
Winter, our ancient mamma cat, prefers the unwashed side. Go figure!
Blue - Our Daily Challenge
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Balcony above 1000 Royal St. at the corner of St. Philip St. in the French Quarter of New Orleans, La. 70116.
These Boston Ferns are so proliferate they just sprout from the mossy trees in the forest. A beauty to behold. My winter has started. The world is turning green.
ah, kindness. what a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in this world. ~ alison malee ♡
My flower gardens are more of an exercise of 'survival of the fittest', but if you look hard enough, you can still find little scenes of beauty... ;)
A surprise found in my hanging Boston Fern on the back porch. These may be eggs from a Junco Sparrow, but not positive.
I love my morning walks and enjoy looking at all the pretty houses, porches, yards and gardens. This porch caught my eye with its three stunning Boston Ferns alongside three chairs.
This shade loving native is a member of the Malvaceae family, which includes my beloved hibiscus species and the pretty abutilons that I like so much. The blooms aren't very showy, in spite of being bright scarlet -- they're a bit hidden by the big, heart shaped leaves.
ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau
Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family)
Subspecies is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau)
Photo: Oʻahu (Cultivated in landscape)
The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern."
Closeup of frond
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Closeup of frond (underside showing sori)
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Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kūpeʻe or as haku for the head.
The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disorders by means of bathing in the processed juice.
The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout.
Etymology
The generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering).
The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern.
The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaiʻi.
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* No longer considered as an endemic subspecies. Status is currently as indigenous.
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After 3 truck loads of ferns and foliage removed around the pool area...please no more ferns. These are around our Cuban Royal Palms in the driveway as well. Self seeded of course :)
Much more gardening coming up, but it sure does look green and delicious.
During my vacation my Boston Ferns suffered from 'drought'. Boston Ferns are quite drought tolerant, but this drought lasted a bit too long due to my extended vacation (i.e. also called Sorry, mum, simply forgot to water your ferns!) and when I returned home most of the lovely long fronds were yellowing, dry, and pretty sad looking. So, I chopped them off, trimmed the root balls, re-potted them all and hoped for the best. This was about 10 days ago. And now we have cute and fuzzy looking baby ferns! :)
I am adding one of three only verses I have ever written in my entire life and which I have added already to another fern shot quite some time ago. Watching the ferns grow again is actually quiet exciting!
Quietly waiting
You wait,
Silently,
Curled tight
Against the light
That filters down.
Holding your breath -
Then, gently
Oh! So gently
You ease your hold,
Uncoil and release
The soft green fronds
To take in
rays of light -
And grow.
[Of course, I WILL watch and water you! :) ]
Boston ferns, spider plants, a large split-leaf philodendron (another discarded plant we salvaged), a begonia, jade plants, and a brass trumpet we found in the trash.
My favorite style chairs for outside. Found discarded in our alley. We call them "motel chairs," but I don't know if they have a different name or not. You used to see them outside on the sidewalks in front of the rooms of the roadside strip motels in the 1940s and 50s. I love how comfortable they are and the fact that the way they're designed makes them "springy" when you sit in them.
Winter, our old mamma cat, is helping to hold the table top down and keeping an eye on everything.
New azaleas in black pots are ready to go in the ground.
ʻĒkaha, ʻĒkaha kuahiwi or Bird's nest fern
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (all islands except Niʻihau & Koʻoholawe)
Oʻahu (Cultivated; Oʻahu origin)
Newly planted young ʻēkaha, about 12 inches from tip to tip, is provided space to grow to full potential on a 2+ foot hapuʻu (tree fern) stump in my fern garden. These magnificent ferns naturally grow as terrestrial, lithophytes or epiphytes.
The potting media used in the hapuʻu log is comprised of equal parts coconut chunks, perlite, sphagnum and hapuʻu fiber. The hapuʻu log is then placed on a one-inch pipe sticking out about 10 inched from a heavy hollow tile filled with concrete. This will create the weight needed to keep the hapuʻu log from toppling over from wind or weight of the ʻēkaha as it grows larger. The whole structure is about 3 feet off the ground and should allow room for the ʻēkaha to grow out to itʻs full potential. Additional heavy rocks are placed around the base for more stability.
ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau (Nephrolepis exaltata subsp. hawaiiensis), Hawaiʻi's native ʻBoston Fern', is seen here growing in the area.
Mature ʻēkaha
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Hawaiian Name
ʻĒkaha kuahiwi means "mountain ʻēkaha."
The dark midribs of ʻēkaha fronds were woven by early Hawaiians into lau hala mats and other objects of lau hala to provide pattern and color contrast.
The ferns were ceremonially planted to cover residual stumps after a tree had been felled for canoe (waʻa) making.
Newly planted ʻēkaha growing as a terrestrial
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Medicinally, a liquid made from ʻēkaha leaf shoots and mixed with other plants was used to treat children and infants with ʻea or thrush and pāʻaoʻao, a disease which physically weakens. Shoots with other plants were pounded and liquid squeezed into mouths of children with mouth sores or general weakness. An ointment was also made from the leaves and mixed with other ingredients and liquid was used for ulcers or body sores (pūhō kolokolo kokoʻole).
Etymology
The genus name Asplenium is from the Latin asplenum, spleenwort. Ancient Greeks believed that this fern could cure spleen diseases.
The Latin specific epithet nidus, nest, in reference to the nest-like appearance of this fern. Interestingly, besides being terrestrial, as shown in the above photo, this fern is found as an epiphyte, perhaps giving the impression of a bird's nest among the branches.
ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau
Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family)
Subspecies is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau)
The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern."
Closeup of frond
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Habit
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Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kūpeʻe or as haku for the head.
The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disordes by means of bathing in the processed juice.
The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout.
Etymology
The generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering).
The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern.
The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaiʻi.
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* No longer considered as an endemic subspecies. Status is currently as indigenous.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Nephrolepis_exaltata_h...
Photo Courtesy Brian Wheat, AAF, PFCI, of Lafayette Florist, Gift Shop & Garden Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau
Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family)
Subspecies is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau)
The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern."
Closeup of frond
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4740530089/in/photolist-...
Closeup of frond (underside showing sori)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5311110721/in/photolist-...
Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kūpeʻe or as haku for the head.
The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disordes by means of bathing in the processed juice.
The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout.
Etymology
The generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering).
The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern.
The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaiʻi.
_____
* No longer considered as an endemic subspecies. Status is currently as indigenous.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Nephrolepis_exaltata_h...
ʻŌkupukupu or niaʻaniʻau
Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family)
Subspecies is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niʻihau)
Palikea, Waiʻanae Mountains, Oʻahu
The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern."
Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kūpeʻe or as haku for the head.
The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disordes by means of bathing in the processed juice.
The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout.
Etymology
The generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering).
The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern.
The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaiʻi.
_____
* No longer considered as an endemic subspecies. Status is currently as indigenous.
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