| Family Name | Aspleniaceae |
| Scientific name | Asplenium nidus Linn |
| Common name | Bird's nest fern, fern |
| Growth habit | Tropical Asia |
| Leaf | Leaves clustered became the bird's nests, single leaf, lanceolate, entire acumen or tail head, to the base gradually narrow, decurrent, sessile or thick short handle, rare winged long-handled, paper or leather quality, on both sidesglabrous, or childhood in the following stellate-shaped scales sparsely soon fall off, shiny above, there is a sense of lubrication, anti-roll into the edge of the leaves dry, often narrowly rounded edges |
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| More to learn | Nest fern leaves dense, bright green, the famous epiphytic foliage plants, commonly used to make Diaopen (basket). In tropical gardens, often planted in the epiphytic forest or on the rocks, in order to enhance the rustic charm. |
| Properties | Growth habit hi warm damp environment, epiphytic Chang Cheng Kung University plexus in the branches of a tree or Shiyan. Not cold. The optimum growth temperature is 20-22, winter temperatures not less than 5 |
| Treats | Nest dipped hi warm, moist and half shade environment. After planting should be placed in the courtyard obscure about 50% of the sun under the shade of conservation. Growing season should pay attention to always check the situation of water and fertilizer, its water requirements more stringent, to be watered frequently to keep the soil moist, and several times a day to the blades and the surrounding water. Maintain the relative humidity above 80%, but the basin is not water, or prone to rot to death. The growing season fertilizer applied once every 20 days or so, general fertilizer can be applied 4-6 times a year. Winter in the greenhouse or the room sunny place, to accept the warmth of the sun. Daytime indoor temperature is preferably above 20 ℃, the night should be above 15 ℃, low temperature then stop growing. |
| Reference | 巢蕨-中文百科在線 鸟巢蕨介绍(图) 蕨类 花世界 |