Bird nest fern

[Tropicdoc]

Ok, I think it would be cool if I put a bird nest fern in the crook of my live oak. Are there any species that would survive in my climate? Usually 9b occasionally 9a.

[Tropicgardener]

Possibly the Australian Asplenium australasicum............... It's natural habitat reaches as far south as cool temperate Victoria and it naturally grows on trees and rocks.

[Tropicdoc]

Thanks

[edbrown_III]

I grow the Aspenium osaka this thrives in jacksonville Zone 9a

[Tropicdoc]

Whoa!

[Tropicdoc]

I wonder if there is a difference in cold tolerance between Osaka and other cultivars

[Silas_Sancona]

Agree with Tropicgardener and have been trying to find the species he had suggested. Supposedly, it was sometimes sold as A. nidus in the past.

-Nathan

Edited January 28, 2015 by Silas_Sancona

[Tropicdoc]

From what I've read all of the bird nest ferns are australasicum not really nidus. I guess the cold tolerance would help with id