Asplenium 'Maori Princess'
9th December 2012
In New Zealand Asplenium bulbiferum and A.oblongifolium produce natural hybrids. This one came from Mrs Shallcras
of Nelson, New Zealand. She gave a plant to Chris Goudey who introduced it to the trade around 1988.
It makes a large plant that seems to be hardier than A.bulbiferum. I was given it by a friend in Penzance
who is able to grow it outside, something I have yet to try.
24th October 2015
It is a spectacularly beautiful fern, but the slugs love it. They seem to be more fond of it than they are of Hosta.
In the greenhouse I have to keep it off the ground and surround it with slug pellets, and I still lose occasional fronds.
Easily propagated from the bulbils that form on the older leaves, the next spare one I have is going outside.
13th July 2017