Nephrolepis falcata 'Furcans'
COMMON NAME | Fishtail Swordfern |
TYPE | Fern |
FAMILY | Nephrolepidaceae |
NOTES | Well-known
for its long, strongly weeping fronds. A massive fern with long arching
pinnate fronds, the segments widely spaced, broad, leathery yellow-green, and
forked toward the tips.Falcata is from the Latin falcatus, sickle-shaped;
furcans is from the Latin furca, a two-pronged fork. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Terrestrial
or epiphytic, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its
ornamental foliage |
WEB SOURCES |
