‘Bird’s nest fern’ [Filler]

Went to the Plant Biology Greenhouse yesterday, in part to see if the resident plants can spark more interest in photography right now. :-\

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b581 » “Asplenium nidus, commonly called bird's nest fern, is native to rainforests in tropical Southeast Asia. It is relatively easy to grow indoors in St. Louis as long as it receives adequate humidity. Features smooth-margined, strap-shaped, shiny evergreen fronds (to 20" long) that form an upright-arching clump of foliage. Although plants may grow to 5' tall in their native habitat, they more typically reach 2' tall in indoor containers. Leaves rise from a crown with a central hollow that purportedly resembles a bird’s nest.
“Genus name comes from the Greek word aspidion meaning a shield.
“Specific epithet means nest.”

» Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Asplenium_nidus&rank=binomial
» Similar shot at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Aspleniaceae_Asplenium_nidus_108404.html
» How big the leaves can be, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/BarcelJF/r/Aspleniaceae_Asplenium_nidus_61511.html

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“Our ‘Cleveland Select’ pear tree”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-03-23
2 years ago (“Probably Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-23
3 years ago (“More signs of spring…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-23
4 years ago (“Chocolate lasagna!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-23
5 years ago (“Spring blossoming”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-23
6 years ago (“Blue door”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-23

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