Re: Re: crocodyllus

I see the web site attributes it to north Queensland (Australia) rainforest - a little bit of creative advertising, I think, as the fern is neither native nor as far as I know (in my capacity as curator of ferns at Queensland Herbarium) naturalized in Australia.

Peter

> 
> From: bkhamilton <bkhamilton@earthlink.net>
> Date: 01/08/2005 0:37:17
> To: ferns@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [ferns] crocodyllus
> 
> Reggie,
> 
> I have noticed that old perennial cultivars often reappear at my local garden center as NEW THIS YEAR if they have not been sold there in the past couple of years.  Less experienced gardeners may not know the difference, and it gets their attention, as it once did mine!  Of course they are still good cultivars, so I guess it is a small deception.
> 
> Betty Hamilton in South Bend IN USA
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Regferns@aol.com
> Sent: Jul 31, 2005 9:01 AM
> To: ferns@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [ferns] crocodyllus
> 
> This Microsorum is in circulation.  I am still puzzled as to how a  well 
> established species, Microsorum musifolium, became a "new" fern.  This  
> "crocodyllus" is of tissue culture origin, and appears to be a stronger, less  fussier 
> plant.
>  
> Reggie  Whitehead
> South Miami, Florida
> 


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