What is Davallia?
Davallia is a genus of ferns with finely defined leaves that delete from creeping rhizomes, a type of root structure. There are more than 40 different types of Davallia ferns, many of which are grown as houseplants or as decorations of plants for gardens. The most popular ferns in this family is fresh and easy to grow Davallia Trichomanoides , more often known as Squirrel's Foot Fern. Davallias grows in trees like epiphytes or harmless parasites, in its native locations Australia and Southeast Asia. They are often often seen how they grow in the hanging porchs and residential kitchens. Ferly can be identified by its 5 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) with long triangular leaves in the shape of a triangle, which are densely distributed into elongated, heavily toothed segments. The prosperous squirrel leg of the fern Budev The course of the growing season produces fresh leaves that change the pleasant shade of yellow in aging.Older leaves should be removed as aged to support new growth. Like all gave ferns are, the Squirrel's legs are deciduous and lose all their leaves during late autumn and winter when they enter two to three months of sleeping period.
Other common houseplants Davallia include d. Commonly known as the rabbit Foot Fern, d. d. Marieessi or Japanese ball has short egg -shaped leaves and strict rhizomes that resist freezing in areas with damp climate during the winter.
In addition to the real members of the Davallia Rod, Skyphularia pentaphylla and Humata Tyermanni are two types of fernsn, which are informally considered gavallia ferns. Skyphularia pentaphylla has leaves that are almost identical to the leaves of squirrels, but this ferns grows and is best grown as a flower pot. Humata Tyermannii or Bear Ferly, is also commonly wrong behind Squirrel's Foot Fern and can be easily cultivated as a garden fern in tropical and some mild climate.
New ferns can be promoted early in the spring by distributing a healthy plant or by cutting from the latest rhizomes established plants. The divided gave should be planted in a clean basket, which is lined with several layers of sphagnum moss and filled with a very free mixture of sticks, tree bark and dead roots. The fertilization of ferns several times during the growing season will lead to dense, healthy leaves and creeping rhizomes, which are desirable, to be used to spread more ferns.