A reply:
"Yes, it hardly needs confirming but these two slightly different cultivars
(yellow and greeen) are both N. exaltata, originally a native of the
Americas, but now cultivated world-wide in many hundreds of gardens,
especially as the many different abnormal monstrosities, which constitute
various different named cultivars.
The natural species has simple pinnae, but sometimes the plumose
(very divided) forms and furcate forms are so different in shape that it is
hard to tell which actual species they belong to. However in Nephrolepis
the stipe-scales are very helpful and can pinpoint the underlying species
even when the shape has become unrecognisable due to these genetic
mutations.
Anyway, the fern itself is not very remarkable as it is widely grown,
but I must offer my congratulations to the splendid vertical stand they
have been arranged in - I have never seen such a fine display in any of the
horticultural shows I often visit. If that were shown at the annual Royal
Horticultural Show, Chelsea, London, one of the biggest and best known
shows, I'm sure it would receive a gold medal. The Queen (of England, I
mean) usually goes to visit that show, and Prince Charles is now a patron
of the British Pteridological Society (ferns!) and grows many hardy ferns
and cultivars in his superb garden at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, so would
undoubtedly be very impressed.
Now I understand what "vertical gardening" means - I struggle to be a
mere horizontal gardener, out the back of my flat in Kathmandu, though the
climate is fairly kind to us, apart from the Winter drought, when there's
also no water in the taps, either!
In the UK there are many very nicely organised fern-gardens, with
greenhouses for the tropical species, but this display beats the lot!
Perhaps it needs more variation in the species grown, to add to the
interest, but the idea and concept are spectacular.
Best wishes,
Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Kathmandu, Nepal. "
Thanks, Dr. Chris F-J.
On 18 November 2011 20:21, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>
> Some earlier relevant feedback:
> “I think this is *Nephrolepis exaltata*.
> Pankaj”
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com>
> Date: 25 August 2011 10:21
> Subject: [efloraofindia:78141] Vertifical-gardening-Ferns
> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>
>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Sending a photo of the Ferns used in Vertical gardening.
>
> Place : Byculla Gardens
> Date : February 2010
> Habitat : Cultivated
>
> Regards,
> Mani.
>
>
>
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