Ferns: Pyrrosia (tongue fern)

Pyrrosia are ferns with leathery leaves and a creeping rhizome. In the wild they are usually found growing on rocks (lithophytes) or on trees (epiphytes).

They are popular pot plants in Asia and are rapidly gaining popularity here.

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Pyrrosia hastata

Pyrrosia hastata

NE Asian lithophytic/epiphytic fern with three-lobed fronds, green above and gray beneath. Good for hanging baskets. Keep dry when cold. This the Japanese type normally cultivated there. USDA Zones 7-10. Grown in 3.5" pots....
SKU: #613 3.5 inch pot  (1 ) $20.00

Pyrrosia hastata 'Cheju Silver'

Pyrrosia hastata 'Cheju Silver'

Beautiful form of an epiphytic or lithophytic fern from Cheju Island, Korea, also known as P. tricuspis. The arrowhead shaped fronds are small, with three main lobes and two little lobes at the base of the frond. The frond is soft and velvety, gray...
SKU: #554 3.5 inch pot  (1 ) $28.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Eboshi'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Eboshi'

Pyrrsoia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has fronds that are very thick and leathery, entire, and variously twisted and contorted. The underside of the frond is silvery/brown. G...
SKU: #553 3.5 inch pot  (1 ) $32.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Futaba Shishi'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Futaba Shishi'

Pyrrsoia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has fronds that are divided into two or more lobes, then frilled and crested. Name means "two leaf lion". It can be grown in open potti...
SKU: #799 3.5" pot  (1 ) Sale: $40.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Hiryu'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Hiryu'

Pyrrsoia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has fronds that are incised along the margin; the frond looks like a feather. It can be grown in open potting media, orchid mix, or on a...
SKU: #798 3.5" pot  (1 ) $30.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Ogon Nishiki'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Ogon Nishiki'

Pyrrosia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has fronds that are undivided, but with a wavy margin and some slight lobing, with yellow stripes of variegation in the leaf. Variegation ...
SKU: #796 3.5" pot  (1 ) Sale: $22.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shikoku Jishi'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shikoku Jishi'

This rare Japanese fern does it all; it has fronds of several mutated types; some are frilled and rounded, other crested, some elongated and feather-like. It is impossible to describe all the possibilities. Grow in orchid bark, well-drained compost,...
SKU: #794 3.5" pot  (1 ) $90.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shinonome' NEW! New!

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shinonome' NEW!

Pyrrosia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has especially broad fronds that are undivided, but with a wavy margin and some lobing, with yellow stripes of variegation in the leaf. Va...
SKU: #7817 3.5" pot  (1 ) $90.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shishigashira' NEW!

Pyrrosia lingua 'Shishigashira' NEW!

Pyrrosia lingua is a common rock-dwelling fern from NE Asia, with tongue-shaped fronds. This Japanese selection has narrow fronds that are elaborately crested at the tip. Grow it in a very well-drained mix, and allow to dry slightly before watering. ...
SKU: #782 3.5" pot  (1 ) $38.00

Pyrrosia lingua 'Tachiba Koryu'

Pyrrosia lingua 'Tachiba Koryu'

A rare Japanese form of a Japanese/Korean epiphyte/lithophyte. The fronds are very long and narrow, to 9" long and an inch wide, on a long petiole. The margin of the leaf has rounded lobes and is wavy. The name means "standing leaf dragon". USDA ...
SKU: #585 3.5 inch pot  (1 ) Sale: $18.00

Pyrrosia lingua, China

Pyrrosia lingua, China

This species is widespread in East Asia. This type is from China and looks very different from what is usually seen in the wild in Japan. The fronds are long-pointed and very glossy. Easy to grow with excellent drainage, keep cooler and drier in wint...
SKU: #7714 3.5" pot  (1 ) $22.00

Pyrrosia polydactylis

Pyrrosia polydactylis

This rock-dwelling fern is an evergreen Taiwanese epiphyte/lithophyte with maple-like mostly 5-fingered fronds with elongated lobes. Grow in orchid bark, well-drained compost or on a slab. Reduce water in winter. USDA Zones 7b-10. Grown in 3.5" ...
SKU: #142 3.5" pot  (1 ) Sale: $22.00

Pyrrosia sp. China red leaf

Pyrrosia sp. China red leaf

This is a beautiful Pyrrosia from China, with fronds to nearly a foot tall, an inch or two wide, unlobed as young plants but with some irregular pointed lobes on the fronds of older plants. The fronds are green with some white fuzz above, and metalli...
SKU: #7444 3.5 inch pot  (1 ) $35.00

Pyrrosia sp. Thai red leaf

Pyrrosia sp. Thai red leaf

Tropical epiphyte from Thailand with gray-green fronds, coppery-red beneath. The fronds grow to about 8" long and an inch wide here. Grow in very well-drained mix in a pot or basket and allow to dry before watering. USDA Zones 10-11. 3.5" pots....
SKU: #7445 3.5" pot  (1 ) $35.00
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