Salpichlaena hookeriana is a species that occurs in Brazilian Amazon.
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- Habit – Climbing fern
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- Detail of the fertile and sterile fronds
Mycopteris longipilosa
Mycopteris longipilosa is endemic to the Chocó region of South America, the tropical forests on the western flanks of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. At middle elevations in these forest, M. longipilosa is often a common epiphyte. The long pale setae present on the...
Fantastic, I have never seen this species before and wondered what it looked like.
Michael, this species is similar to Salpichlaena volubilis, but differs in having the fertile frond with linear pinnae. It is really a beautiful species in the field. It grows as climbing fern and reach the top of the trees.