A large fern, with a beautiful rhizome (for those of us who love rhizomes almost more than the rest of a plant…). Notice the neat modular structure, with a regular alteration of left-right oriented units composed each of a frond and an extra-axillary bud.
Of course the identification is to some extent uncertain. It could just as easily be M. todayensis, but M. manilensis happens to have been used of other specimens from Borneo in L.
Collection Data (P. Hovenkamp 05-113)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus: Microlepia C. Presl
- Species: MIcrolepia manilensis Presl
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 15-II-2005
- Primary Collector & #: P. Hovenkamp 05-113
- Collection Party:
- Det. History:
- Habitat: Tropical rainforest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: BO, L, WAN
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Gunung Lumut Protection Forest – – – Kalimantan Timur – Indonesia.
- Coordinates:
- Elevation: 500 m
Love this fern! Didn’t know they are rhizomatous.
Always check for the underground parts! Don’t let a single frond rising from the ground fool you: there’s more to it than you can see.
I saw this near Manila PH at 500m. Uncommon and huge fern