The Exotic Fern Group had a joint Autumn meeting with the British Pteridological Society’s East Anglia Regional Group hosted by Exotic Fern Group President Peter Blake and Nick Lodge at their home in the centre of Norwich.

An interesting interim report on cultivation and conservation strategies for Europe's only native tree fern, Culcita macrocarpa.

Members of the Exotic Fern Group and the British Pteridological Society’s All-Ireland Regional Group met with Head Gardener, Colin Agnew, to explore the Tropical Ravine at Belfast Botanic Garden.

Luigi Leoni explores frond dimorphism in Stenochlaena tenuifolia at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

In his second book, The Queen Staghorn, Daniel Ruprecht focusses his attention on the largest of the four great Platycerium species, P. wandae, the others being P. superbum, P. grande and P. holttumii.

The Sri Lankan National Red List (2020) has identified 25 pteridophyte species as Critically Endangered and Possibly Extinct, according to the IUCN Red List criteria. Ranil Rajapaksha investigates the plight of Sri Lankan ferns.

The annual Ferns and Carnivorous Plants Show took place on 26–27 July 2025 in the Hilltop Centre at RHS Garden Wisley. The Exotic Fern Group fielded Peter Blake, Matthew Reeve and Tom Bellamy.

As part of the BBC Gardeners’ World Live event at the NEC Birmingham, the Exotic Fern Group created a display stand as part of the UK International Orchid Show, organised by the British Orchid Council.

Yvonne Golding gives us some insights to how the fern collect at Thwaite Botanic Garden developed.

On Friday 4 July 2025 we presented Richard Hayward with an Exotic Fern Group Special Award. This was for the contribution he has made to tropical fern culture.

On Fern Day, EFG members gathered to at Treborth Botanic Garden to explore there fern collection.

Davallia pentaphylla is an attractive epiphyte that has been described as the Black Caterpillar Fern. Stuart Worth and Dick Hayward write on some variations they have found in the species.

Ben Merritt shares his passion for hunting and growing native Florida ferns.

The genus Psilotum contains only two species, P. nudum and P. flaccidum. Peter Blake explores this unusal genus.

After seeing a lushly planted paludarium in a local aquatic’s shop Sean Barton was inspired to create one for himself.

We were invited by Barbara Williams and Kathy Gray to create a display for the Exotic Fern Group at the Norfolk Plant Heritage Plant Fair at Hethersett, near Norwich.

There is no question that R.H. Beddome advanced Indian pteridology, botany, herpetology and malacology enormously in the 34 years that he was in India.

Daniel Ruprecht’s enthusiasm is infectious and I would recommend this book to any current or would-be tropical fern grower.

In this article Matthew Reeve interviews Mark and Linda Taylor of Alchemy Ferns, a family-run nursery on the outskirts of York.

Colin Agnew (Head Gardener of Belfast Botanic Garden) writes about his suburban garden in Northern Ireland.

Growing exotic ferns, especially those that specialise in growing on trees or rocks, requires composts that represent the conditions these ferns experience in nature.

Botanically, Sumatra is incredibly rich. Richard Storey reports on the ferns he saw on a recent conservation trip.

Jonathan shares the ferns he saw during a trip toTaman Negara National Park in Malaysia.

Microgramma has many species that at first glance look like they belong to Lecanopteris. Miguel explores the unusual Microgramma bifrons.