bird’s nest fern

Ferns are some of my favorite plants. Their del­i­cate leaves and strong archi­tec­tural forms keep me look­ing at them. The lit­tle ginkgo-shaped leaves and black stems of the maid­en­hair fern have to be right up there among my favorite kinds of fern.

But with all the delicate-looking ferns to choose from, what’s got to be another of my favorite is the bird’s nest fern (Asple­nium sp.). Here are some close­ups of the sides of the undi­vided spears of a spec­i­men at San Diego’s Bal­boa Park.

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January 14 2009 08:37 pm | Categories: gardening | Tags: •

5 Responses to “bird’s nest fern”

  1. Bird on 15 Jan 2009 at 4:21 am #

    I can see why you love them, these pho­tos really show them off well. They are won­der­ful plant por­traits in fact.

  2. Helen on 15 Jan 2009 at 11:51 am #

    I really envy you being able to take these pho­tos — my cam­era is not sophis­ti­cated enough. I love ferns to and have included one in my GBBD post — well I havent really got any flow­ers out so I went for inter­est­ing leaves instead

  3. lostlandscape on 15 Jan 2009 at 4:04 pm #

    Bird–thanks very much for your comments!

    Helen–The fern in your post­ing is a beau­ti­ful one, and you’ve got a num­ber of inter­est­ing foliage specimens.

    Even here in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia many of our flow­er­ing plants have slowed down for the winter…which leaves branches and foliage to look at. I’m not about to say “who needs flow­ers,” but the green things can keep us occu­pied for a while!

  4. Philip on 18 Jan 2009 at 7:08 am #

    I really enjoyed look­ing at these.

  5. dana on 26 Jan 2009 at 8:43 am #

    wow is beau­ti­ful,
    reminds me ruffs of mid-seventeenth century

    ciao

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