Why People Keep Killing Their Blue Star Fern...

[@daveoverstreet5148]

Wow that's gotten huge! Just gorgeous.

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thank You! It's a little leggy at the moment becuase we have just come out of the low-light of winter and so it has been search for the light but I expect it will really progress well over this summer.

[@killpop8255]

I found mine behind the kitchen curtains I never pull back. I forgot all about it. Very very dry and the pot fell off the roots. Gave it a good soak. Hope the change doesn't harm it.

[@HouseplantHacks]

They can come back quite well as long as it's not totally dead you should be ok.

[@killpop8255]

@@HouseplantHacksit look fine. very light. only a small specimen. dare i say light as a (normal air) balloon.

[@ykrgfk]

I have just started on my third phlebodium in about 7years - a replacement, not an extra! I don't actually mind this cycle of replacement - after all, they aren't expensive to buy and they last better than some other houseplants I could mention. I pot on after a year or so and have little problem with leaf loss. My reason for replacing them is rather that they start getting brown tips to the leaves and, while yours is a good sized specimen, it clearly has that same problem! I always water from the bottom, leaving it in the sink for several hours and then drying it for several hours, but I still get the brown tips. I've never fed them. I might try doing that this time.

[@MarleneLlewellyn]

Have you ever divided a blue star? I have one in an orchid pot that is shooting leaves out of the sides and need to repot it, but was thinking of dividing off the lower rhizomes so I don't end up burying them, but im so afraid of killing it by doing that! I know its late in the season, but the plant room stays warm year round, so im not too worried about it going dormant after a division

[@AlenaButorova]

Haha, I just bought another one after I've killed too much to mention of them 😭😅😬

[@HouseplantHacks]

Good luck! :-)