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Microsorum scolopendria
SKU 5190
AED 105
Water once a week or when the soil starts to become slightly dry at the top. Keep the soil lightly moist at all times, but do not overwater as this will cause brown spots and leaf drop. Curly or dry leaves suggest, the plant is dry and needs watering. Water in the early morning or late evening when temperatures are cooler. Always check your soil before watering.
Bright indoor light or indirect sun. 6 hours to 8 hours
Maintain temperatures between 18°C - 24°C. Avoid draughts as these can create undesirable temperature fluctuations. Consider giving your plant an occasional misting twice every week to maintain the optimum humidity level.
Apply liquid fertilizer once in 15 days when the plant is actively growing. For best results use Folikraft ready to use Indoor Plant Food.
This hardy fern, native to Africa, Australia, South East Asia and Polynesia, has the most striking fronds. These are deeply lobed and leathery to the touch. It prefers being grown outdoors with protection from the midday sun, and will establish itself in the forks of trees or between rocks amongst leaf litter. It produces deeply sunken clusters of spore-producing receptacles on the frond undersides, which result in wart-like bumps on the uppersides. The common name Wart Fern is derived from this! Though this fern can form an excellent ground cover, it can also will climb up walls, tree trunks and cover rocky areas, and may therefore spread considerably.
Preferring low light this plant makes a great houseplant if kept moist at all times. May be grown epiphytically in bright filtered light with the rhizomes wrapped in moss and tied to a suitable rooting medium.
A low maintenance plant when grown outdoors, they can be used on banks and slopes as ground cover in formal rock gardens or informal cottage styles.
Historically a paste of ground leaves mixed with earth from a wasp's nest was applied to abscesses. For wounds, leaf pulp is used as a dressing, and for insanity, leaves are ground in water and the liquid drunk.
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