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Matthew Reeve
Dec 4, 20245 min read
Treborth Botanic Garden
Earlier this year we were asked to survey the glasshouse ferns at Treborth Botanic Garden.
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Peter Blake
Dec 4, 20243 min read
Cubo de la Galga
The island of La Palma in the Canary Isles has several very different terrains which are a haven for many species of ferns.
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Peter Blake
Dec 4, 20243 min read
Group meeting at Stuart Worth’s house, 31 August 2024
Saturday 31 August 2024 saw twenty-three members of the Group arrive at the home of Stuart and Zaz Worth near Reading.
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Peter Blake
Dec 4, 20247 min read
Growing Davallia in the home and glasshouse
Several Davallia species make excellent houseplants as they are attractive and undemanding in their care.
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Peter Blake
Jun 9, 20245 min read
Visit to Cambridge University Botanic Garden, 18 May 2024
On this pleasant spring day, sixteen members of the Group met in the teaching room at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG).
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Matthew Reeve
Jun 9, 20243 min read
Interview with rare plant grower, Mike Clifford
Mike Clifford shares some of his insights and tips on the ferns he grows in his suburban, botanical-themed garden in Poole, Dorset.
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Miguel Fernandez Voortman
Jun 9, 20244 min read
The new donation of Lecanopteris ferns to Botanische tuin Zuidas
A few months ago I visited Botanische tuin Zuidas, a small botanical garden between the tall apartment buildings of south Amsterdam.
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Peter Blake
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Scale insects in fern collections
Scale insects can adversely affect the health of large plants and can kill small ferns
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Evan Sharp
Dec 11, 20235 min read
A beginner’s experience of growing Pyrrosia
I first came across Pyrrosia about four years ago, on a summer holiday in Cornwall.
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Evan Sharp
Dec 11, 20234 min read
My thoughts and findings regarding Pyrrosia subfurfuracea and Pyrrosia calvata
A few years back I came across a Pyrrosia in a Cornish nursery labelled ‘collected in Kashmir’—it was one I had not seen before.
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Peter Blake
Dec 11, 20237 min read
Growing indoor Pyrrosia
The genus Pyrrosia has many species ranging from frost-tolerant, through to those that do well in hot, humid, terrarium conditions.
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Matthew Reeve
Dec 11, 20233 min read
Additional notes on Pyrrosia calvata and Pyrrosia subfurfuracea
An appendix to Evan Sharp’s article, ‘My thoughts and findings regarding Pyrrosia subfurfuracea and Pyrrosia calvata’.
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Matthew Reeve
Dec 11, 20237 min read
Short notes on Pyrrosia species ideal for the hothouse and terrarium
Several Pyrrosia species do very well in hothouse or terrarium conditions. In this article I discuss four such species.
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Matthew Reeve
Dec 11, 20234 min read
Pyrrosia hardiness
I asked a number of members how they were keeping their Pyrrosia throughout the year.
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Ranil Rajapaksha
Jun 11, 20237 min read
Sri Lanka: a field museum for tropical ferns
Pteridophytes are a key component of the rich Sri Lankan floristic diversity.
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Matthew Reeve
Jun 11, 20236 min read
The Firs
Peter Blake and I went to survey the indoor and tropical ferns at The Firs Environmental Research Station.
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Peter Blake
Jun 11, 20233 min read
Visit to Kew
Twenty-five members of the Group and their friends met at the Elizabeth Gate at Kew Gardens.
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Matthew Reeve & Christopher Fraser-Jenkins
Jun 11, 20239 min read
Pteris normalis…in a garden centre near you!
I thought it would be interesting to share Christopher’s comments with you all on commonly available P. quadriaurita ‘Tricolor’.
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Miguel Fernandez Voortman
Jun 11, 20233 min read
Finding the real Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’
One of the common Nephrolepis cultivars on the market for a long time has been Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’.
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Matthew Reeve
Dec 12, 20229 min read
Aquascaping, interview with Rose Danford-Phillips
Rose Danford-Phillips shares some of her insights and tips on aquascaping and growing aquatic ferns.
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