Instead of pressing this monster right away, we threw it in the back of the pick-up truck where it shriveled up into a blackish mess on the way home. It is one of the worst specimens I have ever made.
Cranfillia sprucei
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Blechnaceae
- Genus: Cranfillia Gasper & V.A.O. Dittrich
- Species: Cranfillia sprucei (C. Chr.) Gasper & V.A.O. Dittrich
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 8-III-2011
- Collection Number: 2574
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue & M. McHenry
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Remnant forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: QCA, VT
About the Author
Michael Sundue
My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
Using a sealed plastic bag can be a good way to preserve the plant if you cannot press it at that moment.