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Planting tip
Soak the rootball of your plant in a bucket of water to wet thoroughly prior to planting. For extra goodness, add a bit of liquid fertiliser.
Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum
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Kidney Fern, Konehu, Kopakopa, Raurenga (Fern)
Once known as Trichomanes reniforme or Cardiomanes reniforme this distinctive fern is now reclassified as a true filmy fern. The kidney shaped leaves are one cell thick and demand a cool moist sheltered condition.
» Click here for our kidney fern article published in The Fringe, August 2016 ...
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Poor kidney fern. Those pesky botanists have given it another name change - Cardiomanes reniforme.
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