#polypodiopsida

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Opisthoncus sp. on Asplenium sp.

31-OCT-2025

Kings Domain, Melbourne, Vic

[minister-erik]

FERNS (on the trail) - Composition Thursday

© Erik McGregor - [email protected]

[hasellia]

Look, I know we are talking about Minecraft™️ here. But... This sentence... hurts...

[futurebird]

None of you thought it might be important to tell me that ferns have sperm that swim???

So.

None of you thought it might be important to tell me that ferns have sperm that swim??? I just had to find all this out on my own?

And, (apparently, & no one thought to bring this up either🙄) fern plants are only one form… they have this 'other form' (tiny, ephemeral, difficult to find in the wild) alternates generations-- Fern spores don't grow into ferns! (WHAT) they grow into 'gemetophytes' (WHAT) THEN you get a fern.

Feel like I've uncovered a massive scandal.

[creativecommonsplants]

Bracken by nutmeg66 on Flickr.

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. 

[withywindle-valley]

Terf botanist: "There are only 4 genders: male, female, perfect, and infertile. Polypodiopsida aren't real plants."

Person who thought they were hiring a turf botanist: "Can you identify this grass or not?"

[rattyexplores]

Filmy Fern

Very peculiar looking fern.

Crepidomanes saxifragoides

06/07/22

[fallensapphires]

House Plants: Ferns

And the thoughts that are blown with the scent of the fern

Are as new and as old as the world.