Asplenium Birds Nest Fern

An Australian native,  this epiphytic species grows in the canopies of trees but thrives well on the ground, which is usually how it is found in cultivation.  It has glossy, smooth-textured, green, spear-like and undivided fronds with a black to brown midrib; underneath, spores are brown and are also a feature; the fronds come from a central rosette.  The fronds have a slightly wavy margin and grow to a length of 60 - 120cm long x 7 - 20cm wide and have a vase-shaped habit.