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Delta Maidenhair Fern
Delta Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum raddianum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

A popular houseplant fern prized for its delicate, fan-shaped leaflets carried on glossy black wiry stems. Its genus name Adiantum comes from the Greek for "unwetted" — water beads off the fronds rather than soaking in.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Adiantum
Species
Adiantum raddianum