Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern )
Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern) shows small green heart shaped leaves spreading over the forest floor.
Botanical names: Hemionitis arifolia, Asplenium arifolia, Hemionitis cordifolia
Common name: Heart Fern
Family: Hemionitidaceae
Origin: Tropical Asia
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Very unusual tropical fern with heart-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves in a tuft on black stalks.
It has 2 types frond: sterile, heart shaped ones with stalks 2-4 in (5-10 cm) long, and fertile, arrowhead-shaped ones on stalks about 12 in (30 cm) long. Hemionitis arifolia is both an epiphyte (growing on trees) as well as a terrestrial plant. The small dainty shade loving fern grows well in low light with high humidity.
It is making small plantlets at the point where the stem joins the leaf.
Similar plants: Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern )
- Hemionitis palmata (Starfern)
- Hemionitis sp. (Hemionitis)
- Asplenium achilleifolium (Asplenium)
- Asplenium bulbiferum (Mother Spleenwort)
- Asplenium dimorphum (Lace Fern)
- Asplenium flaccidum (Drooping Spleenwort)
- Asplenium nidus (Bird's Nest Fern)
- Asplenium sp. (Bird's Nest Fern)
- Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort)
- Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern)
Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern) showing waxy dark green heart-shaped leaves with a new tiny sprout
Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern) with distinctive heart-shaped green leaves nestled together in a small pot.
Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern) with distinctive heart shaped green leaves spreading across the potting surface area
Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern) with heart-shaped green leaves growing in a small brown pot
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