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unknown fern help ID

14 years ago

a friend gave this to me and he called it "tropical foliage" and told me it likes alot of indirect light and never dry out or it will start to die back . i would like to know what it is . its fronds dont look like any other fern i have seen but it does have a few spores forming on the underside of a few of the larger fronds please any help is appreciated

Here is a link that might be useful: a few pics of the fern

Comments (2)

bamaud
14 years ago
Hey,

I'm thinking it could be Phlebodium aureum. Does it have large, furry rhizomes on the top of the soil?

-Ben
mawehe63
Original Author
14 years ago
yes it does they are kind of half above the soil
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