Re: Sadleria cyatheoides

Hi Dean and others

There are a few different species of Sadleria, some do grow together.

The first actually in another genus, Gymnogramma wagneriana (Kaua'i), S.
unisora (400-1550m only Kaua'i ), S. squarrosa (400-1550m), all are similar
to S. cyatheoides (75-2200m) plus S. pallida (25-2150m), S. soulteyetiana
400-1500m) and a few inbetween.

I have been puzzled for some years over a non-red supposedly S. cyatheoides
sold in Aust.  I had two similar species until recently when the red one
died and had a thought that the one sold here is either not S. cyatheoides
but another species.

Murphies law comes into the picture, almost to the day I got hold of the
keys to check out the spore pattern, they both went backwards till one died.
My original now 12 years old is looking better much to my relief.

Hope this adds some promising thought.

Kindest regards

Keith Rogers
Mannum South Australia

On the web with Keith's Fern Page at
www.lm.net.au/~kerogers/

Supporting the Fern Society of South Australia Inc at
www.chariot.net.au/~saufern/



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Ouer" <d.ouer@cox.net>
To: <ferns@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:32 PM
Subject: [ferns] Sadleria cyatheoides


> Hi all,
> On a recent trip to Hawaii (Kona) I noticed large amounts of Sadleria
> cyathiodes everywhere beginning abruptly at approx. 2200 feet elevation.
All
> had green emerging fronds. Then at around 3000 feet and higher they all
> abruptly (so abruptly it hardly seemed possible) changed to identical
looking
> plants but all having red emerging fronds. Does anyone know for sure what
is
> going on? If its the cooler weather, then my S. cyatheoides here in
coastal
> San Diego should be red since its similar weather to 4000 feet there. If
its
> the added rainfall at the higher elevation, same thing since I water a lot
> here. I know there may be a lot of different theories but does anyone know
for
> sure? I ordered Daniel Palmer's "Hawai'i's Ferns" and it doesn't say
anything
> about the red fronds. Could it really be a different variant or species?
Has
> anyone seen a red frond S. cyatheiodes at lower elevations in Hawaii.
> Thanks,
> Dean Ouer
>
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