Re: Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br.

Thank you Peter et al. for identifying the fern. Pulling up google and looking at images, I must admit that I like the ones that look a bit fuller and a bit less pine-seedling like. But I also discovered one image which took me to a different genus entirely - the one that I saw in Australia that looked so similar - the genus I saw there is Schizaea, with the plants the I saw pretty likely being Schizaea dichotoma. But I would have been hard-pressed to get there without getting the information so willingly contributed, although obviously not aroid-focused. I thank you.

Jonathan
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Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br.

Hi Jonathan,

This is Dipteris lobbii, a rheophytic fern with finely divided fronds. We have two Dipteris species here in N Borneo, the other is D. conjugata, a species with much wider divisions that occurs on impoverished soils, often dominating the vegetation.

P.

On 20 June 2015 at 03:06, Ertelt, Jonathan B <j*@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
Peter,

In the fifth image of the series showing Piptospatha insignis, there is I
believe a palmate divided fern going out of focus on the left side of the
image, and numerous fern sporlings on the rock on the right side. If this is
the same fern which I just came across in Queensland, AU then it feels like
plastic, and has predominantly separate fertile spikes. Are you by any
chance familiar with this fern, even just to knowing its name?
TIA

Jonathan
Jonathan Ertelt, Greenhouse Manager
Vanderbilt University


On 6/19/15 1:43 AM, "Peter C. Boyce" <p*@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Type species of Piptospatha - Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. Unique in the
> genus, as currently defined, by the much-extended stamen connective.
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