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Diplazium melanochlamys is a large ground fern endemic to Lord Howe Island, found in forest from sea level to the summits of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird. It is a shade-loving forest fern whose key needs are humidity and steady moisture.
Diplazium melanochlamys is a ground fern only found on Lord Howe Island in the relatively remote Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand. A common plant growing in forest. Most often seen on the southern half of the island. It can be seen between sea level and the summits of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird.
The fronds are up to a metre long, and 60 cm wide. It may develop a trunk of up to 50 cm tall. The covering of the sori is a shining dark brown, almost black.
Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua · Diplazium assimile · Diplazium australe · Diplazium dietrichianum · Widened Twin Sorus Fern · Vegetable fern · Diplazium fraxinifolium · Peacock fern · Governor Laffan's Fern · Molokai twinsorus fern · Diplazium queenslandicum · Mountain Twinsorus Fern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplazium melanochlamys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
