You can watch another Blue Star Fern video at this link, where I show them all in a bit more detail and go over their care needs: ua-cam.com/video/VFgzgwtchN4/v-deo.html
@@arthurzackaryabrin Hi Zackary, no worry if you Davana make big I can recibe any you like throw, and I really glad to have, I searched for it for a long time a go since it has a great meaning for me.
"how do you care for it? how do you propagate it?" It is a wild fern in Florida (it grows both semi-terrestrial, usually in mulch, or epiphytically, typically growing in the leaf axils on Sabal Palms) and it is a nuisance. They are constantly invading my orchid pots and mounts. I know, I know, my weeds are your jewels.
Haha yeah - I'm sending you some Japanese Knotweed - you'll love it - honestly. And if you like that, I may see if I can get hold of the rare and unusual, pre-historic Horsetail. You'll be the envy of the neighbourhood...
Hi Geoff....loved the beginning of your video (and the rest of it too of course 😊) but wow... you have changed so much in 24 hours 😂. Your daughter is a star and I love the sense of humour there 🤣. A suggestion for you though.... I did a search for "orchid channels" on my mobile version of UA-cam but noticed yours didn't come up at all even though you have lots of orchid videos. When I searched "tropical plant" channels, your one came up but maybe you're missing out on quite a few people interested specifically in orchids as it's not being picked up in the search and will get you the million subscribers you deserve 😁. Perhaps the word orchid either in the title of your channel somewhere or in whatever bit UA-cam uses to generate searches would let more people find you? Just a thought and hope it helps 👍.
Thanks Maxine - glad you enjoyed it. Ellie will be especially pleased! I know what you mean about 'orchids' - there are about a gazillion UA-camrs who focus on orchids so I guess I like to be a bit different. My long-gone dad used to 'baaaaaaa' at me if he thought I was following the crowd for the sake of following them...I keep bringing things back to orchids though - but not the next one I'm afraid! 😂
@@Grow_Up_Man55 You carry on and do your Dad proud 😊. I quite agree with not following everyone else and trying to stand out. The title of your channel is great and definitely different.... I'm sure the subscribers you deserve will find you. I've noticed numbers are slowly creeping up 😊.
@@maxineevans9179 I've read that the average UA-camr (if they do everything right) takes on average 2 years to reach 1K subs. I'm on track to do it in around 9 months so I'm reasonably happy with that. 😃
Hi Anna. For once I have to say it's doing rather well - both the mature plant and the new division. It probably helps that it's hardly stopped raining here in the UK since I made that video so those hairy rhizomes are staying nicely hydrated.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 I know that the rhizomes dont want any actual water on them but I wonder if it's any good to sprinkle? I live in low humidity so Im putting it in the shower every a few days to get some
It's just medium grade orchid bark, Shaua. To be honest, they'll grow in pretty much anything, which is why you find shops selling them in general purpose compost. I even have a mounted one on bark which I filmed.
So... I'm from Miami, FL and live in Savannah, GA. I've never seen this fern before just under a year ago when I saw one at the local market and once it was gone, I'd never seen it again. Looking all over Google and in town, even asking in my planting groups and no one else has seen this before. I know you're not in the states, but do you know how I can find these to purchase or even purchase over seas and have it shipped to me in Georgia?
Hi Tegan. I've done a quick Google search in the UK, and Phlebodium Aureum Davana is readily available over here. Following Brexit, no-one is able to ship plants in or out of the country unfortunately. (It's still possible, but the costs of the necessary paperwork make it too much to bother with.) So unfortunately I'm unable to help you. Have you tried the fern-related Facebook groups?
I just bought one of these curly ones today not knowing what it was I searched the internet until I found it. I will replant it in Spring but right now it looks like it is doing fine they have it in the soil but the Rhisims are on the top and I am sure there are some inside the pot. I read that watering it once per week is good but I also heard a guy say misting is good too every now and then. Do they really need mist? It is no problem if they do cos I have spray bottles but not rainwater I have city-treated water but I can filter out the chlorine and other chemicals. So I will use filtered water. What do you think? I don't think iodine is good for plants but it was in the water I noticed the other day. I am worried it won't get enough light so I bought a grow light. My living room is looking out NE from my Balcony. So I don't get a huge amount of light from the sun as it disappears around noontime. What are your Thoughts Jeff Please? At least I know what the name of the plant is. I love the blue-green mat finish on the leaves. I don't think it will flower if it did that would be a bonus.
Thanks for your questions, Patrick. Phlebodium ferns are pretty tolerant of any media - but to optimise things it's worth remembering they're epiphytic, so grow in looser, moss-like material and leaf litter. They don't 'need' to be misted, but if your home is low in humidity, the hairy Rhizomes can take in moisture from the air via misting. This might prevent some drying out - but to be honest, they're tough as old boots and providing you're watering regularly they should be fine. Filtered water or rain-water is always a better option for the reasons you've stated. Regarding light, I've found they're very tolerant of all sorts of situations so your living room should be fine. If it starts to decline you could always add a cheap grow-light. It definitely won't flower though - all ferns are non-flowering as they pre-date flowering plants. Instead they reproduce with spores, which at some point you'll begin to see on the underside of some leaves. Good luck!
Thank you very much I really appreciate your knowledge. I also bought a full spectrum grow light but I don't have it directly over the plant. This is for nighttime as we get dark pretty early here in Canada! Thanks again, Patrick. The actual name of mine I found was Blue star Davana it has the curly ruffles on the sides of the leaves really quite nice I think.@@Grow_Up_Man55
@patrickrwhite8354 The Latin name for your plant is Phlebodium aureum ‘Davana’. It’s a cultivar from the Phlebodium species. Blue Star Fern is the general common name people give to all of these Phlebodium species and hybrids. Rabbit’s Foot Fern is another name for it due to the hairy rhizomes. Also Bear’s Paw Fern! I’ve only been to Canada once but we loved it. The best holiday we ever had. We did a tour of the Rockies and went to places like Banff, Whistler, Lake Louise, Vancouver etc. famous place. Weather was rubbish though - similar to home! 🤣
I’ve have a blue star fern for a couple of years now. It’s Hugh, but I’ve never seen spores on it, so perhaps this cultivar doesn’t produce them or it needs a few years(?)
Great name - mine's called Barbara! 😂 I've been doing a bit of reading on them and it's really interesting how ferns reproduce - very different to flowering plants. So they should all produce spores, but only some fronds are fertile. I feel another video coming on...
Yes definitely. Providing it's still alive a rhizome division is the best and easiest method of propagating this fern. It could be dead, of course, but worth a try.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 It looks healthy, so I placed it on top of orchid bark. Should I keep it in a high humidity environment until it sprouts? (I’m in the desert region of Texas)
@@julielacombe4861 I would definitely place it on sphagnum first to keep the base moist. It does grow lots of fibrous roots from the rhizome so bark alone won't be enough. Take a look at this video where I did just that: ua-cam.com/video/P4UFJLnKoMM/v-deo.html
It's not something I've tried - but then again, I'm not sure why you would want to, as a divided rhizome of a Blue Star Fern already has roots on it. 😬
You can watch another Blue Star Fern video at this link, where I show them all in a bit more detail and go over their care needs: ua-cam.com/video/VFgzgwtchN4/v-deo.html
😁
I've got a davana at home and it's getting a little big so I was thinking about dividing it soon!! This video was really helpful to me!!
Glad it was helpful! My Davana is huge too - I suppose that's the aim but then space becomes an issue!🤣
@@Grow_Up_Man55 True! The charm AND problem with plants is that they are getting bigger haha.
@@arthurzackaryabrin Hi Zackary, no worry if you Davana make big I can recibe any you like throw, and I really glad to have, I searched for it for a long time a go since it has a great meaning for me.
Thank you for your video of your beautiful blue star….mine split it’s pot….and you have given me food for thought.
My pleasure. 😁
Beautiful guest! As always- great video. Very informative for those of us who are clueless 🤓
Thanks Trish! Glad you enjoyed it. 😀
Thank you 💞
very cute, she must have had a lot of fun doing this because she is begging to do it again, great video
Thank you 🤗
"how do you care for it? how do you propagate it?"
It is a wild fern in Florida (it grows both semi-terrestrial, usually in mulch, or epiphytically, typically growing in the leaf axils on Sabal Palms) and it is a nuisance. They are constantly invading my orchid pots and mounts. I know, I know, my weeds are your jewels.
Haha yeah - I'm sending you some Japanese Knotweed - you'll love it - honestly. And if you like that, I may see if I can get hold of the rare and unusual, pre-historic Horsetail. You'll be the envy of the neighbourhood...
Your daughter is a beautiful flower too 🌻🌺
Thanks - she's a chip off the old block isn't she?! 😂
Thank you 💖
@@Grow_Up_Man55 🤣👍
Hi Geoff....loved the beginning of your video (and the rest of it too of course 😊) but wow... you have changed so much in 24 hours 😂.
Your daughter is a star and I love the sense of humour there 🤣.
A suggestion for you though.... I did a search for "orchid channels" on my mobile version of UA-cam but noticed yours didn't come up at all even though you have lots of orchid videos.
When I searched "tropical plant" channels, your one came up but maybe you're missing out on quite a few people interested specifically in orchids as it's not being picked up in the search and will get you the million subscribers you deserve 😁.
Perhaps the word orchid either in the title of your channel somewhere or in whatever bit UA-cam uses to generate searches would let more people find you?
Just a thought and hope it helps 👍.
Thanks Maxine - glad you enjoyed it. Ellie will be especially pleased! I know what you mean about 'orchids' - there are about a gazillion UA-camrs who focus on orchids so I guess I like to be a bit different. My long-gone dad used to 'baaaaaaa' at me if he thought I was following the crowd for the sake of following them...I keep bringing things back to orchids though - but not the next one I'm afraid! 😂
@@Grow_Up_Man55 You carry on and do your Dad proud 😊. I quite agree with not following everyone else and trying to stand out. The title of your channel is great and definitely different.... I'm sure the subscribers you deserve will find you. I've noticed numbers are slowly creeping up 😊.
@@maxineevans9179 I've read that the average UA-camr (if they do everything right) takes on average 2 years to reach 1K subs. I'm on track to do it in around 9 months so I'm reasonably happy with that. 😃
Hi. Could you please tell me how this worked out? I have one & think it needs repotting, so would be good to know. Thanks
Yeah it was fine - they're such tough plants, I wouldn't worry about dividing the rhizomes - they grow without issues.
@@Grow_Up_Man55If you were to repot again in the future, would you use the bark again then?
Hey! SO how has it been doing since you repotted it?
Hi Anna. For once I have to say it's doing rather well - both the mature plant and the new division. It probably helps that it's hardly stopped raining here in the UK since I made that video so those hairy rhizomes are staying nicely hydrated.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 I know that the rhizomes dont want any actual water on them but I wonder if it's any good to sprinkle? I live in low humidity so Im putting it in the shower every a few days to get some
I don't see any problem doing that. It's only like rain falling on them. 😀
@@Grow_Up_Man55 haha true!
Looking forward to seeing their progress.
Hot off the press: they're still alive! Haha! I suppose it has only been about 4 days...😂
would you mind telling me what kind of bark/medium you have there? thanks :)
It's just medium grade orchid bark, Shaua. To be honest, they'll grow in pretty much anything, which is why you find shops selling them in general purpose compost. I even have a mounted one on bark which I filmed.
So... I'm from Miami, FL and live in Savannah, GA. I've never seen this fern before just under a year ago when I saw one at the local market and once it was gone, I'd never seen it again. Looking all over Google and in town, even asking in my planting groups and no one else has seen this before. I know you're not in the states, but do you know how I can find these to purchase or even purchase over seas and have it shipped to me in Georgia?
Hi Tegan. I've done a quick Google search in the UK, and Phlebodium Aureum Davana is readily available over here. Following Brexit, no-one is able to ship plants in or out of the country unfortunately. (It's still possible, but the costs of the necessary paperwork make it too much to bother with.) So unfortunately I'm unable to help you. Have you tried the fern-related Facebook groups?
I picked one up randomly by the checkout at Target in the middle of winter in Michigan and haven’t seen it anywhere since!
I just bought one of these curly ones today not knowing what it was I searched the internet until I found it. I will replant it in Spring but right now it looks like it is doing fine they have it in the soil but the Rhisims are on the top and I am sure there are some inside the pot. I read that watering it once per week is good but I also heard a guy say misting is good too every now and then. Do they really need mist? It is no problem if they do cos I have spray bottles but not rainwater I have city-treated water but I can filter out the chlorine and other chemicals. So I will use filtered water. What do you think? I don't think iodine is good for plants but it was in the water I noticed the other day. I am worried it won't get enough light so I bought a grow light. My living room is looking out NE from my Balcony. So I don't get a huge amount of light from the sun as it disappears around noontime. What are your Thoughts Jeff Please? At least I know what the name of the plant is. I love the blue-green mat finish on the leaves. I don't think it will flower if it did that would be a bonus.
Thanks for your questions, Patrick. Phlebodium ferns are pretty tolerant of any media - but to optimise things it's worth remembering they're epiphytic, so grow in looser, moss-like material and leaf litter. They don't 'need' to be misted, but if your home is low in humidity, the hairy Rhizomes can take in moisture from the air via misting. This might prevent some drying out - but to be honest, they're tough as old boots and providing you're watering regularly they should be fine. Filtered water or rain-water is always a better option for the reasons you've stated. Regarding light, I've found they're very tolerant of all sorts of situations so your living room should be fine. If it starts to decline you could always add a cheap grow-light. It definitely won't flower though - all ferns are non-flowering as they pre-date flowering plants. Instead they reproduce with spores, which at some point you'll begin to see on the underside of some leaves. Good luck!
Thank you very much I really appreciate your knowledge. I also bought a full spectrum grow light but I don't have it directly over the plant. This is for nighttime as we get dark pretty early here in Canada! Thanks again, Patrick. The actual name of mine I found was Blue star Davana it has the curly ruffles on the sides of the leaves really quite nice I think.@@Grow_Up_Man55
@patrickrwhite8354 The Latin name for your plant is Phlebodium aureum ‘Davana’. It’s a cultivar from the Phlebodium species. Blue Star Fern is the general common name people give to all of these Phlebodium species and hybrids. Rabbit’s Foot Fern is another name for it due to the hairy rhizomes. Also Bear’s Paw Fern! I’ve only been to Canada once but we loved it. The best holiday we ever had. We did a tour of the Rockies and went to places like Banff, Whistler, Lake Louise, Vancouver etc. famous place. Weather was rubbish though - similar to home! 🤣
I’ve have a blue star fern for a couple of years now. It’s Hugh, but I’ve never seen spores on it, so perhaps this cultivar doesn’t produce them or it needs a few years(?)
Great name - mine's called Barbara! 😂 I've been doing a bit of reading on them and it's really interesting how ferns reproduce - very different to flowering plants. So they should all produce spores, but only some fronds are fertile. I feel another video coming on...
Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees That’s interesting. My sister is called Barbara. Do you have a brother called Hugh?
The devana kinda looks like a giant lichen
Haha yeah you're right!🤣
She is beautiful..you are going to have to lock her up..so adorable
She’s going to be a nun. 🤣
@@Grow_Up_Man55 oh well then..no worries 😎
20:10 "Not that I've tried killing anybody..." Now I assume you've tried killing somebody 🤣
If you’re not caught, it didn’t happen. 😂😜
Was that your daughter..she is adorable
Yeah she's only 13. Been asking to go on a video so there it is. She should probably take over...😂
Thank you 💞
Tropical Plants at 53 Degrees you have a beauty on your hands..if she takes over well...
Ellie Ashton oh well I speak the truth...help your a Dad build his site.You could be a real asset.
Overwatering a fern! Who'd have thought it!
I could over-water sea weed! 🤣🤷♂️
Someone gave me a rhizome with no leaves, is there any luck getting it to grow?
Yes definitely. Providing it's still alive a rhizome division is the best and easiest method of propagating this fern. It could be dead, of course, but worth a try.
@@Grow_Up_Man55 It looks healthy, so I placed it on top of orchid bark. Should I keep it in a high humidity environment until it sprouts? (I’m in the desert region of Texas)
@@julielacombe4861 I would definitely place it on sphagnum first to keep the base moist. It does grow lots of fibrous roots from the rhizome so bark alone won't be enough. Take a look at this video where I did just that: ua-cam.com/video/P4UFJLnKoMM/v-deo.html
@@Grow_Up_Man55 thank you so much! 🤞 I can get it to grow!
can you water propagate a rhizome?
It's not something I've tried - but then again, I'm not sure why you would want to, as a divided rhizome of a Blue Star Fern already has roots on it. 😬
Looks like lettuce😂
...and it's a weed. But well, lots of people grow them. 😁
I like weeds