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Metaxya rostrata is a large tropical fern from the Metaxyaceae family, native to northern South America, with fronds 1 to 2 m long. It is a wild forest species rather than a common cultivated plant, so grow it in a shaded, humid, warm spot with consistently moist soil.
Metaxya rostrata is a species of fern in the family Metaxyaceae. It is native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. It can be found in all five natural regions of Colombia. It is characterized by its large fronds that are 1–2 m long.
The species was first described as Aspidium rostratum by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1816. In 1836 Carl Borivoj Presl placed the species in genus Metaxya as M. rostrata.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metaxya rostrata 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.
