Scientific Name: Hymenophyllum cupressiforme
Common Name: common filmyfern
Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes
Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Form Description: Fern; rootstock, creeping, thread-like, much-branched; fronds bipinnate, 4-9cm long, dark green, crowded; indusium tubular.
Height (m): 0.04 – 0.09
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Habitat Notes
Widespread and abundant from sea level to sub-alpine shrubberies. Common on outermost limbs of tall rainforest trees and in seasonally dry sites or upper slopes of gullies where fronds may shrivel during dry periods.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Well-drained
General Notes
Adapts readily to cultivation and can be grown in a pot of fibrous mix with the base standing in water. Also suitable for bottle, terrarium or aquarium culture.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Collect spores when mature on the frond. Unripe sori are generally light green then change to yellowish-brown and to dark brown or black when mature. Place fronds, or portions of fronds, containing ripe spores in a paper bag and leave in a dry and draught-free place. Spores should begin to release immediately and all spores are released within days unless the species has tough, leathery fronds. Some species produce large quantities of spores from one frond, others require many fronds to produce similar quantities.
Cutting & Division Information
Propagate by division.