It’s leaves at the base has dark fibres

Some Korean ferns I saw on my trip to Gangwon province.

Selaginella tamariscina, rossii, and lepisorus ussuriensis

Its a mutant pyrrosia petiolosa, A type of small epiphytic fern

I have a maidenhair and a boston fern that get affected by aphids fairly consistently, my method previously has been going scorched earth, trimming the maiden hair fern back fully and putting them both in a tub of soap and water, which has worked well but at the end of the battle i always get a kind of shitty looking fern for a month. The same goes for soap spray, which is what I've been using daily for a bit and has been working so far, but new growths are now looking a bit crap and I'm going to have to trim it a good amount again.

Has anyone got advice for like a gentle way for dealing with the aphids, without damaging the plant as much as possible? TY

To clarify the conditions of my plants, they sit on a windowsill inside the house. The window is pretty much always slightly open, and there's quite a few other plants with them but they're all succulents/carnivorous so they don't really get affected

Garden ferns seem to be doing ok. A few of them are quite late coming out but it has been very dry here in the UK. The idea was to have a mini Fernery - it isn’t quite that but it’s a collection of ferns.

Cute fern from Miami, FL :)
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Hey Fern parents,

I just snagged this fern from Lowe’s. Any tips are welcome. Thank you in advance.

Additional: I am thinking about getting a second one 🙈 it’s on sale at Lowe’s. Btw I am a fiddle leaf owner so…. Am I really against a challenged ? 🤣🤣

First time owning a fern. Any advice is welcomed!

Please send help - she's taking over my house!

Meet Big Betty. She used to live in the bathroom, until we had to start parting fronds to get into the shower . . . she moved to the bedroom, until we had to climb around her to get to the bed.

This year, I've literally moved furniture around to make a space for her and some grow lights in the entrance hall.

Be honest with me guys, how long until she takes over this space too and I have to clear an entire room so that she can call it her own?

I seriously love her, but she's a beast of a plant.

(3 years growth - First pic about 3 months after I bought her. Most recent pic taken yesterday. Her biggest fronds are about 4ft long)

The eyelash fern <Actiniopteris australis>.

This is one fascinating (obviously a "living fossil") fern. The species can go dry in a pot for months and turn gray and withered looking like it has been long dead and copious water revives it completely. Most people probably throw their plant away, but it will come back after months of dryness and I bet it would survive a severe volcanic winter in the tropics, like Toba, with ease.

Michael

Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
8/22/2026
(Onoclea sensibilis)

I’m clearly not the most experienced fern grower but I have some large and kinda successful staghorn ferns, aroids, philos, etc.

Can’t figure this rabbit’s foot fern out. the plastic nursery cup has side and bottom slits for aeration and drainage. Soil was recently watered but its a mix or perlite, some orchid bark and potting soil. Plant was recently moved to being under the grow light but was at a (what i thought was) bright north facing window. It’s a bright 8k lux grow light situated about 10 inches away so light should improve. Bottom saucer is emptied following watering (a few plants on the same saucer)

I’ve had this fern for like 6 months and it has barely grown in that time. The rhizomes are really small and slightly brown-ish? the humidity in my home stays around 50-60%. Not sure what i’m doing wrong here but any help or advice appreciated! Thanks 😊

Got this fern today for $20. That might be a lot to some but it was totally worth for this big beauty I hope i can keep her alive 🫠

Just thought I'd ask what kind of fern this is! Currently trying to figure this out for a school project I'm doing and I cant really tell? For some context I live in the USA, specifically in the New England region. Thank you!

Back in January I nearly gave up on this thing. It dropped so many fronds that the pot looked half empty and I was convinced I'd cooked it with too much heat from the vent nearby. Moved it away from the vent, started misting it every other day instead of just occasionally, and switched to a shallow tray with pebbles and water underneath for humidity.

It took until about April before I saw any real new growth, and even then it was just a few tiny curled fiddleheads here and there. Now it's this past week I noticed the whole thing has filled back out, fronds arching over the sides of the pot like it never had a bad season at all. Some of the new growth is even a brighter green than the older fronds.

I think the biggest lesson for me was patience. I kept wanting to trim off the sad looking fronds right away but leaving a few of the half dead ones on there while the new growth came in seemed to help it recover rather than stress it out further. Also learned that my apartment is just naturally low humidity no matter what season it is, so the pebble tray is staying permanent now.

Anyone else have a fern that took months to recover from something before finally turning a corner? Curious how long other people's turnaround times have been.

I made this timelapse manually by taking one photo every day and putting everything together into a video. I mainly did it because i found the change in color to be quite interesting, going from pink to green and every shade in between as the frond matures

more fall out everyday. i sweep and next day there are more. coming from both of my ferns, both are hanging.

caterpillar poop or spores?

I went away for a week and came back to my beautiful fern looking almost dead.

I cut back the fronds and am seeing some fresh growth but now that I can look closely at the soil I see small small bugs.

Any words of advice or any suggestions? Is this normal?

They are grey, very very small (maybe half mm), and scattered.

Long story short: this was originally a big fern that was really dry since it was in a pot too small for it. It was also my parents’ plant and they didn’t take care of it. So I ended up cutting into several sections and planting them in different pots.

What can I do with these ferns? Are they salvageable?

They have bulbs, so I was thinking of trimming most of the dead part.

Any suggestions are appreciated

I’ve tried identifying online with the photo and have so far gotten 4 different answers.

Brilliance autumn fern ❤️

I picked up this cutie on clearance. My first fern and I had never heard of a kangaroo paw fern before. So pretty, I love her deep colour and the shape of the leaves. 🦘😃