Birds Nest Fern Mounted To Wall

You can find a particularly nice chunk of an old rotting log or a board to hang on the wall and use it for dramatic effect.

Birds nest fern mounted to wall.

Drill a hole into the wood mount or branch and use heavy gauge wire or reuse a wire hanger to create a loop to hang it by. Our bird s nest fern cork mounts feature cultivars of asplenium nidus mounted to natural cork with bright green sphagnum moss. February 21 2017 at 2 33 pm. A 2015 molecular study found that asplenium nidus is polyphyletic meaning that some.

Maybe next house anyways great post. Asplenium nidus is an epiphytic species of fern in the family aspleniaceae native to tropical southeastern asia eastern australia hawaii polynesia christmas island india and eastern africa. It is known by the common names bird s nest fern a name shared by other aspleniums or simply nest fern. Today i m talking about my fishtail fern climbing birds nest fern polypodium polycarpon grandiceps aka microsorum punctatum.

In their rainforest homes they can be found growing high in the. These lush tropical ferns form nest like rosettes with leaves emerging in a circular pattern from the center of the plant. Learn how to mount a staghorn fern yourself. Wall mounted staghorn ferns are a beautiful way to add greenery to your walls but they can be expensive.

When you buy it as a houseplant it will be planted in a container but it can be affixed to planks and hung on a wall much like staghorn ferns. A fern of many names. Bird s nest fern asplenium nidus is one of two tropical asplenium species found in cultivation the other is asplenium bulbiferum often called the spleenwort or mother fern which is much harder to grow and looks nothing like its cousin asplenium ferns are naturally epiphytic meaning they grow on the surface of other plants. Since they grow epiphytically on tree branches in their native habitats it s no wonder they ve been given the common name bird s nest fern.

Heavy gauge wire drill only if hanging if you plan on hanging your bird nest fern after it is mounted you will want to get that step out of the way first. Bird s nest fern is an epiphytic fern which means in the wild it typically grows on other things like tree trunks or buildings. What an awesome fern.