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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
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
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
No
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.
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