Campyloneurum phyllitidis ‘Crested’

A beautiful crested form of this handsome species. A bird nest type fern that grows as an epiphyte or saxicole in damp forests from southern Florida through the West Indies, Mexico down to much of South America. It is also reported from Hawaii. Growing in an open rosette of many undivided fronds, each to over 24 inches long and 2 inches wide. The exact origins of the crested form are not known to us.