I collected this fern from the wet hills of southern Sudan a while back. Now the fern is suffering from our dry season here in Uganda. But to my surprise it has started to produce fernlets of the mature leaves.
Is this normal? I have never seen this before. Anyone with an idea of the speices of the plant?
Many thanks,
John
Here is a close up of the plantlet from the top you can see a 'bulb' forming on the upper side too.
And from the underside of the leaf.
A number of ferns do this to reproduce. The best known is Asplenium bulbiferum, but yours isn't that species.
Resin
Absolutely fascinating
