Pteris cretica var. albolineata aka white-striped Cretan brakeFamily.
How has it survived 2022-23 winter?
bertrand-mabel said: we always get a fern that starts to grow in the pot. We allow them to grow until the orchid is ready for a repot and then take the fern out and repot it on its own.
I have done that, but with only one. It was a common Male Fern.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
@bede The one that has been so great is Phlebodium aureum. It was a tiny plant and now is a great plant but indoors.We still have ferns in our orchids and continue to to move them on when we repot the orchids.
@Paul B3 Not sure what you mean by "easier to have all useful info in one post"?
@bede You ask whether my Pteris cretica var. albolineata fern has survived the winter. From what I can see it's not looking too bad. However I can't approach that specimen too close because currently it's part of the "camouflage" for my resident robin, as reported in this discussion: https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1071453/birds-nest-eggs-id-please/
Unfortunately those eggs hatched but soon after disappeared from the nest, probably eaten by some animal. Anyway I could get hold of my Pteris cretica var. albolineata fern and found that it had just started showing its new fronds.
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bertrand-mabel said: we always get a fern that starts to grow in the pot. We allow them to grow until the orchid is ready for a repot and then take the fern out and repot it on its own.
I have done that, but with only one. It was a common Male Fern.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Have just found this ; easier to have all useful info in one post .
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."