It grows well in humid climate and in Arunachal Pradesh big clusters of it on tree trunk is an usual site. Promila
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear Ushaprabhaji: > wonderful stuff you are sending in, thank you... > > Birds' nest fern is not a tree, this one just has a long stalk from > yearly leaf growth rings... just like the Cycads... > on this plant notice the leaf skirt of brown earlier year's leaves... > > Usha di > ===== > > On Aug 31, 7:20 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is great. Must be 100s of years old.... > > But I imagine, its not called tree fern. Just that its too old and > > looks like a tree. > > Thanks for sharing. > > Pankaj > > > > On Aug 31, 3:36 pm, ushaprabha page <ushaprabhap...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Fern-Asplenium australasicum. > > > It is called Bird`s nest fern. > > > Also leaf with spores. > > > > > DSC_0898.jpg > > > 272KViewDownload > > > > > DSC_0898.jpg > > > 272KViewDownload >