Microsorum peteropus is well known in the aquarium industry where it known by the common name Java Fern. Here it is in its natural habitat, growing alongside freshwater streams. The level of this particular stream fluctuated strongly with rainfall. At times, the plant is probably completely submerged.
I believe this Dryopteris is D. patula, but it atypical for that species with respect to growth habit (epilithic on a cliff), small size, and color of rhizome scales.
Mycopteris attenuatissima is predominantly found along the western flank of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. It is similar to M. alsopteris and often misidentified as that species, but differs by having setose pinna margins. This collection was found growing as an...
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