Bird's Nest Ferns
| Botanical Name: | Asplenium nidus |
| Common Name: | Hawai'I birdnest fern, Bird's Nest Fern, Bird nest Fern, Paku Sarang Burung |
Care
Easy
Humidity
Medium - Wet
Sun
Partial Shade
| Botanical Name | Asplenium nidus |
| Common Names | Hawai'I birdnest fern, Bird's Nest Fern, Bird nest Fern, Paku Sarang Burung |
| Care | Easy |
| Humidity | Medium - Wet |
| Sun Exposure | Partial Shade |
| Propagation Methods | cuttings, spores |
| Height | 2 ft. |
| Spread | 2 ft. |
| Soil | Loamy, moist, well-drained |
| Life Cycle | Perennial |
| Synonyms | Aconiopteris gorgonea, Acrostichum gorgoneum, Asplenium ellipticum, Asplenium ficifolium, Asplenium nidus var. multilobum, Asplenium nidus var. nidus, Asplenium nidus var. plicatum, Asplenium scolopendrium, Asplenium serratum var. latius, Asplenium simplex, Neottopteris elliptica, Neottopteris musaefolia, Neottopteris nidus, Neottopteris orientalis, Neottopteris ovata, Neottopteris rigida, Neottopteris simplex, Neottopteris stenocarpa, Neottopteris vulgaris, Polypodium giganteum, Thamnopteris nidus, Thamnopteris simplex |
See bird's-nest fern for other plants with this common name.
Asplenium nidus is an epiphytic species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii (ʻēkaha in Hawaiian), Polynesia, Christmas Island, India, and eastern Africa. It is known by the common names bird's-nest fern (a name shared by some other aspleniums) or simply nest fern.
