PHLEBODIUM AUREUM BLUE STAR FERN CARE

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

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[@Grow_Up_Man55]

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[@ginakapuscinski9698]

Yes, I am interested in Phlebodium progress especially! And thanks to your video, my Phlebodium is now libing with the Vandas!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Glad you found it useful!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

You can see the mounted Phlebodium as it is right now on my Instagram feed - should be published in around 30 minutes from writing this.

[@1628Scarlet]

Wonderful video! And YES!!! more fern videos! 🥰👏

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Thanks!

[@lorriwright6540]

Thank you so much for this. I just purchased a blue star fern; absolutely beautiful but I was fearful about letting it dry out. I can relax a bit now. Yes.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Glad it was helpful! To be honest I probably neglect my Blue Star Ferns more than any other plant and they still thrive regardless.

[@emmamorgan5578]

Yes I love ferns orchids and I have a Blue Star!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Excellent! I hope you subscribed if you found my video useful. 😀

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Yes absolutely interested in ferns. I'm especially interested in polypodium falax attenuatum

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Noted. I'd better buy a few more! 🤔😃

[@saro9909]

Oh man would LOVE to get my hands on the last two!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

They're readily available in the UK - cheap too. I expect you wouldn't have trouble getting hold of them elsewhere too. Good luck! 😀

[@ego7120]

yes - love all plants, can these ferns be planted outside in a shady area of the garden?

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Definitely, but only once temperatures at night are sufficiently high enough (above 10 degrees C). Frost will kill them.

[@kencanning4926]

Geoff, got Phlob. Aureum davana from RHS Harlow Carr last week. It’s like your crinkled one. It has blue leaves near the base and the more recent ones are more yellow green & look good. There’s no rhizomes noticeable on the surface but I see some covered with compost. It’s tight in pot so I plan to repot in bark & try to expose the rhizome. How would 12 degrees suit them with orchids and streps ????

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Yeah mine was no problem even down to 7°C over this last winter. They're tough as old boots. Sounds like a good idea to expose that furry rhizome - they take moisture out of the air with it. Although they can take 'traditional' compost - they're epiphytic so would prefer something a lot more 'airy'.

[@kencanning4926]

Thanks Geoff

[@asiek392]

Yes 😊

[@GlasshouseandGarden]

Yes! Love ferns and want to get more for the glasshouse next year.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Me too but I'm having trouble sourcing the ones I'm after.

[@brotony101]

Yes, please.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Excellent - I'm making another fern video next so watch this space.

[@marilynsmith5323]

Yes😊💚

[@patrickrwhite8354]

I have subscribed to your channel Jeff. you are a wealth of information. Thanks so much I have the Blue Star Davana.. I thought it was so nice in the store I just scooped it up. This is the only plant I have in my home. I thought the air is so dead in the winter we don't open windows to allow oxygen in so I thought a fern like this one will help a bit. I Hope I am right.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Glad to have you along Patrick! Ferns in general are thought to be good for the atmosphere. You have a lovely cultivar there. Very tactile too.

[@creatureofhabit5129]

YES

[@not_going_to_treehab2790]

Yes!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Great thanks!

[@nietoperz6]

Yes please!

[@nietoperz6]

I bought the Davana fern in a supermarket and it was described only as "phlebosia", which doesn't help with looking it up on the Internet, haha :D

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Haha yeah I think spelling mistakes are common on supermarket plant labels! I've got several Phlebodiums - they're pretty easy to look after and don't mind drying out despite being a fern.

[@CTWI1000]

Yes more ferns!

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

I've just bought a Staghorn fern - first time grower for me, so no doubt there'll be a video at some point. Have you seen this one? It's a tour - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3KyeGyBiJ2fh68 (There's a fern playlist too.)

[@CTWI1000]

@@Grow_Up_Man55 I just bought a staghorn fern a few months ago as well. It's small and still in a pot so I haven't mounted it yet

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

@@CTWI1000 That's another job on my list too! 🤷‍♂️

[@lfolami]

Yes pls

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

I have another video on repotting and dividing a Phlebodium here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jouacoKsp5doe9U but there are more fern videos to come. 😁

[@hunter21331]

I can't find it anywhere... Phlebodium Aureum var. Mandianum its's the third one right?

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Yeah I've just looked that one up and it refers to orange spores which the third one did have, so you might be correct. Great detective work!

[@hunter21331]

Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees I was just googling that ferns cuz I wanna buy it and end up on your video. I could not find that fern anywhere on online in USA :(

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Mine was a 'weed' from an orchid pot! 😂

[@hunter21331]

Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees that weed worth a lot of money 🤗 . You should propagate and sell them online on Etsy 🥳

[@gwakeling7376]

Anything on Asplenium nidus 'Crispy wave' and/or 'Crissie'? These my new ones. I started with the Blue star and expanding on type! Yes, I've created my own tropical jungle within my home at 53N, too! Too many to tell the variety, I suspect the same with you!! Thanks so much for your show and tell, I enjoyed my lesson ;o} Cheers. Gillian

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Thanks Gillian, I'm glad you enjoyed it. No, I don't have any Aspleniums yet but I like the look of them. The problem is, too many plants, not enough space! Good luck with your own 'miniature jungle'! 😬

[@e.g.1218]

Is the first one mandaianum?

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Hmm - I'm not sure. It certainly looks like it, but then all Phlebodium Aureum Blue Star ferns looks alike to me. What makes you say that? Is there some characteristic that differentiates it?

[@e.g.1218]

I'm really not sure. I purchased some that only have three lobes. I really like your first one, as is has more lobes but the leaves are mostly nice and rounded as opposed to pointed. There is a mandaianum variety at my work but the leaves are a bit more pointy than I would like. Perhaps it depends on the individual fern and not the variety. The ones I have bought so far aren't labeled. I wonder how many varieties there are...

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

@@e.g.1218 They have different numbers of lobes on different fronds - on the same plant. The first fronds they make tend to have less lobes, then as the plant ages they get more lobes. That's what's happened to mine. I could only find one online source that claimed there were 2 hybrids of Phlebodium Aureum. It only named Mandaianum, but it also pointed out they looked remarkably similar! Which kind of begs the question, why bother naming a hybrid if it's no different to the species?! 🤣

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Interested in POLYPODIUM FALLAX ferns

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

I'm fairly new to ferns so that's a genus I haven't come across as yet. Do you grow them, Sharon?

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees I have one I found by accident in the plant store. It wasn’t labeled. I found photos online and I would like to get a couple more

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

I'll keep a look out for one! :)

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees thanks . I appreciate the help. Meanwhile I am checking out a sourceb a source in Hawaii I heard about

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees thanks . I appreciate the help. Meanwhile I am checking out a sourceb a source in Hawaii I heard about.

[@birgittemahfudh7787]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

And another fern lover! Excellent!👍

[@rustyshackleford7288]

I have one and vidoes of it. Awesome channel

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Thanks Rusty - appreciated!

[@hazelford3358]

yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Hooray a fern-lover!🥬 (couldn't find a fern emoji so a cabbage will have to do)

[@emmamorgan5578]

I cannot keep maidenhair ferns alive! I’ve tried for the last 30 years....

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Haha! I’ve never tried a maidenhair although there is one particular variety I’ve been after for a while but I’ve never seen it for sale in the uk.

[@MicksMasdevalliaorchids]

Geoff I grow a couple in the house my wife likes them.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Never took you for a fern lover Mick!

[@sharonhamilton5455]

Can you tell me where your wife gets them

[@MicksMasdevalliaorchids]

Sharon Just our local garden centre.

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

@@sharonhamilton5455 Hope you don't mind me jumping in here - Phlebodium are available anywhere you tend to buy houseplants. I saw one for sale in Tesco yesterday!

[@jackfearnley5138]

Maybe

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

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[@stevendanvers1731]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Pleased to see another fern lover!

[@lorapoynter9162]

yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Excellent!

[@isabelnolasco8632]

yes

[@gordonjenkins944]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Excellent!

[@lorrainemotsumi5903]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Excellent! I've got another Blue Star Fern video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYeQn4Jrm5aLiMU

[@rayshaffer3284]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Noted!😃

[@catherinequaidoo179]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

Glad to hear it! Here's a playlist all about my ferns - should keep you going till I make another one: kzbin.info/aero/PLQKwmNwb1T5BlcZ_qljPJpYmjA_7HggVW

[@07R.Ortiz_Jr619]

Yes

[@Grow_Up_Man55]

As luck would have it, today's video (going live in a couple of hours) features an Adiantum and an updates on all my Phlebodiums.

[@stewartbull6590]

Yes

[@MichaelDabb]

Yes

[@Angel2011]

Yes