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Tmesipteris ovata
Tmesipteris ovata is a primitive fern ally (not a true fern) that grows as an epiphyte on tree ferns in wet rainforest. It needs humid, shaded, moist conditions and is rarely grown in cultivation.
Tmesipteris ovata is a fern ally endemic to eastern Australia. The habitat of this primitive plant is on tree ferns in rainforests.
Tasmanian Fork Fern · Banks Peninsula fork fern · Long Forkfern · Small Forkfern · Fork Fern · Tmesipteris truncata · Fork Ferns
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tmesipteris ovata 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.
