Microsorum pteropus

Java fern

Microsorum pteropus

Java fern

  • The "classic" large-leaved Java Fern
  • Time-tested robust epiphyte
  • Can be used in many different ways
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Description

"Classic" Java fern with its large wide leaves has long been known as undemanding aquarium plant with multiple uses that can be cultivated very well as an epiphyte on rocks and driftwood.

Microsorum pteropus, or Java fern, grows in innumerable locations in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. It is often found on rocks or wood in rivulets and waterfalls. Some populations grow submersed permanently, others occur as terrestrial plants on moist forest ground.
Java fern is a very widely spread, popular plant in the aquarium hobby, and it is on sale in most aquarium shops. 50 years ago it was brought into trade under the erroneous name Leptochilus decurrens, amongst others, which is not a synonym for M. pteropus, but the name of another fern.
M. pteropus is very variable. The various forms can differ so much in size and leaf form that one might even assume they belong to different species. (read more)

Synonyms Polypodium pteropus Blume, Microsorum pteropus (Blume) Ching, Colysis pteropus (Blume) Bosman, Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
Misapplied names Leptochilus decurrens
Complete botanical name Microsórum ptéropus (Blume) Copeland
Family Polypodiaceae
Genus Microsorum
Difficulty very easy
Usage Epiphyte (growing on hardscape), Background, Midground
Growth slow
pH value 5 - 8
Temperature tolerance 4 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness 0 - 14°dKH
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Proliferating leaves, Proliferating roots, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Synonyms
Polypodium pteropus Blume, Microsorum pteropus (Blume) Ching, Colysis pteropus (Blume) Bosman, Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
Misapplied names
Leptochilus decurrens
Complete botanical name
Microsórum ptéropus (Blume) Copeland
Family
Polypodiaceae
Genus
Microsorum
Difficulty
very easy
Usage
Epiphyte (growing on hardscape), Background, Midground
Growth
slow
pH value
5 - 8
Temperature tolerance
4 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness
0 - 14°dKH
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Proliferating leaves, Proliferating roots, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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Item no.
135.0171.01
EAN 5703249008008
Weight 0,14 kg
Shipping weight 0,20 kg

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