Family Index

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Scientific Name

Hymenophyllum flabellatum

Family Name

HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

Common Name

Shiny filmy fern

Status

Height

0.1m - 0.2m (10-20cm)

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Epiphytic fern; rootstock long, creeping, wiry; fronds pendulous, pale green, tri- pinnate; indusium 2-lipped.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Fern Gullies; Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and fern gullies from sea level to 650m. Favours overhanging or vertical substrates and, is the first filmy fern to colonise root buttresses, logs and stumps in disturbed forests.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Well-drained; Root buttresses, logs and stumps

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Spore cases at tips of some frond segments. unripe sori are generally light green then yellowish brown and dark brown or black when mature.collect mature fronds on folded paper and keep in warm dry place until spores are shed

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

Propagate by division. It is best grown on a slab of tree-fern fibre in a bottle, terrarium or aquarium. Dries out very quickly if removed from a constantly damp habitat.