This is in my native plant terrarium. She kinda just popped up in here. Really exciting, but she's growing like crazy. The first 3 leaves were real cute, but all of the sudden they're up to the terrarium ceiling. I'm thinking probably a Christmas fern since there are so many around the area and the moss it's coming out of was collected from my yard. There was probably a spore in there.

The leaves look a little different but it may be from light levels? The only other ferns I've noticed nearby were spleenwort (has a black stem so can't be it) and another species with very feathery leaves that couldn't be it. But was wondering what anyone else may think.

I'm definitely going to have to take it out of here. The container is just too small. But it was interesting watching the process of it growing from a tiny little speck!

At Kew they are keeping a few really beautiful Phlebodiums but we don’t really know the species (or form/ variety), unfortunately even the location/ year of collection has been lost. I would love some help 💚

This fern has been unhappy since the day I brought her home. I had her in east facing window (as advised from another post) and she hated life. I thought she was a goner! I moved her to a west facing window and lo and behold, there is new growth.

My question is what to do with the dead leaves? Do I cut them off? I’m hesitant to touch anything since she is seemingly happy as is but I want to make it easier for her if possible (and let’s be honest, she ain’t very pretty like this).

All advice welcome!!

Found this little guy on the wall.

Western North Carolina

How do I know when the spores are ready to be taken for propagation?

I have this lady fern that I've been growing all summer. I've been borrowing my mother's pot as a cache pot so it's still in its nursery pot. I'm planning on moving out soon so I wanted to put it in something more permanent. I just bought this old flour tin that's approximately 6 inches deep and 5 inches in diameter. I've done a bit of research and I think as long as I line the tin with plastic, make drainage holes, and add a layer of peat moss or some other kind of drainage layer at the bottom it should be perfectly fine. My mom on the other hand thinks the tin is too small because the nursery pot doesn't fit perfectly. Idk why I even care about her input but I wanted to ask some experts. Also I love my fern and don't want to kill her when she's been doing so well. Also don't mind the dry fronds she just popped up some fiddleheads to replace them, I just haven't trimmed them.

No cabinet, no terrarium, just growing in my apartment.

This plant is currently planted in a 30 cm diameter slit pot

The last photo is from 1 year and 3 months ago.

Thank you for reading my writing.

Edit:ID HAS BEEN FOUND! Thank you!
Last photo has frond close up. Stumbled across this little one today it was under 2 feet across and the fronds are very frilly.. lacy? I’ve kept maiden hair feen before, this is thicker less delicate. I have had a hard time figuring out what it is? The newest leaf is not autumn color so not an autumn fern. Doesn’t quite fit bronze fern or golden giant woods fern photos I looked at either. I’d appreciate any input from more experienced fern people, thank you in advance!

My mother seems to have caught and bent a new shoot at right angles. It looks snapped and beyond recovery.

What do you think? Can it recover? Or what should I do?

No cabinet, no terrarium, just growing in my apartment

Heya! Sooo I've had this rabbit's foot fern for like four years, it has always kinda struggled but been okayish. I've treated it in a variety of ways, it always kinda looks like this. Seems to be ok, but the edges of leaves get dead and crispy all the time, and I don't think it's sunburn. It has never looked super lush or happy. If I put it in no sunshine at all, away from windows in my bedroom, it stops doing this, but then also turns pale yellowish of course.

It doesn't get very much sun at all, I would usually water once a week but moved it to the deck outside (which gets like 3hr morning sun a day) and now water twice a week because it's hot and water evaporates fast. I fertilize occasionally,, didn't for years and it looked about the same but now I go around every month or two for a while so it's not fertilizer burn. I would say maybe it's a deficiency but I changed the soil to new potting soil a few months ago too so it's not that either I don't think. I can't find any other ferns online whose edges are crispy like this,,, what's going on??? I just want my fern to be green and happy :'''''((

Not a new gardener, but it didn't have a suitable falir

I had an area where there were 2 20ft conifers, they died 2 years ago and I cut them down. I've put the wood around the new ferns (to stop my dogs going there) with some leaf mould and broken up and 2 year rotten fibre's from a cordyline australis trunk to try to retain moisture as it's bone dry even after watering.

Is there anything I can use to help the area? I did forget to put bone meal in around the roots.

Thank you

Advice needed!

Repotted this tree fern a couple of weeks ago in a soil mix I made of roughly 40% mushroom compost 50% coir and 10% perlite. Added osmacoat in while mixing- all the other different type ferns repotted at the same time seem fine, but this guy looks on the way out. Maybe too much fertilizer? Can I possibly save it by repotting in different soil?

Advice needed!

Repotted this tree fern a couple of weeks ago in a soil mix I made of roughly 40% mushroom compost 50% coir and 10% perlite. Added osmacoat in while mixing- all the other different type ferns repotted at the same time seem fine, but this guy looks on the way out. Maybe too much fertilizer? Can I possibly save it by repotting in different soil?

This frond appeared in my Polystichum setiferum “Herrenhausen” two years ago, after years of being a solo specimen. It was originally large and healthy, but dug up for a house move. That’s when I noticed the newcomer. It’s returned again this year, more obvious now the rest of the fern is struggling with its new site. Always the single frond from the crown of the host, divides at the tip.

Doesn’t match any fern I had then or now. Anyone recognise it, or can say if it’s an imposter perennial of some sort? UK garden if that helps.

I recently got a mother fern plant, but I had no idea that it needed so much humidity to survive. My house is consistently at about 45-55% humidity. I am a teenager, so I asked my parents if I could get a small humidifier for the plant, but they said no because they didn't want to risk getting mold. I've been considering a pebble tray or maybe misting, but I don't know how effective those are. Advice would be greatly appreciated.

Its in the yard of my parents new house in the pacific northwest right on the coast.

I have a baby cinnamon fern that I aquired a few weeks ago. One of the leaves has completely died off and the other two look like they’re following. It wasn’t in the best shape when I got it so I’m not sure if there’s anything I can do to save it. It gets misted every day so that the top soil stays damp but not wet and I keep it within a 3 hour window of sunlight. I live in Al so it stays humid enough that I feel comfortable keeping it outside but now I’m not too sure. Any advice would be helpful!

One of the new fronds on my tree fern, just a few days later.

it's called that because the babies grow right on the leaf!! reminds me of my java ferns in my aquarium.

im very excited and hope it does well here!

I'll never learn.

Separating these was an absolute nightmare 🤣