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bird’s-nest fern
noun \ˈbərdz-ˌnest-\
Definition of BIRD’S-NEST FERN
: a large epiphytic spleenwort (Asplenium nidus) of tropical Asia and Polynesia that has large lance-shaped leaves and is often grown as a houseplant
First Known Use of BIRD’S-NEST FERN
1858

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The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names, by Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Allen J. Coombes, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold (Timber Press, 2010), pp. 129-130
Asplenium L.
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– nidus L. • E: Bird’s Nest Fern; Vogel-Nestfarn

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•S: (n) bird’s nest fern, Asplenium nidus (tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches)

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Nestfarn
→ Vogelnestfarn.

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Vogelnestfarn
Nestfarn, Asplenium nidus
epiphytischer Farn aus der Familie Polypodiaceae. Seine großen, ungeteilten Wedel bilden eine nestartige, trichterförmige Rosette, in der sich Humus und Wasser sammeln können. Er lebt auf Ästen und Stämmen in tropischen Regenwäldern.

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Baumriesen wie “Yellow Carabeen” mit ihren ausladenden Stützwurzeln sind bedeckt von aufgesetzten Moosen, Flechten und Orchideen, und in den Baumkronen gedeihen hängende Gärten von Geweih- und Nestfarnen.

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Taxon: Asplenium nidus L.
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Common names:
•bird's-nest fern (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
•nest fern (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English

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Asplenium nidus L.
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Common Name(s): Hawai’i birdnest fern

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Birds Nest Fern – Asplenium nidus
The tropical-rainforest is the natural home of this fern, where it can develop leaves up to 1m in length. It thrives best in warm humid conditions, but also manages amazingly well in dry, centrally heated air. This plant loves to live in trees like a bromeliad, where it collects water and humus in its leaf-rosette (nest).
This particular fern is a very close relative of Asplenium rutamuraria, a delicate fern that grows in the cracks of old walls.

http://www.anbg.gov.au/fm/fms5/fms5_fern_abst...
N. Murakami & Y. Yatabe, Kyoto University, Japan
Recognition of biological species in Asplenium nidus complex using molecular data and crossing experiments
Bird-nest fern, Asplenium nidus is a well known epiphytic fern species with large simple leaves.

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Bird’s Nest Ferns - - Growing Asplenium Nidus Ferns
By Jon VanZile, About.com Guide
Bird’s nest ferns are actually one of two asplenium species found in cultivation. The other, often called the spleenwort or mother fern (A. bulbiferum) is much harder to grow and looks nothing like its cousin.

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Asplenium nidus
Bird’s-Nest Fern
Asplenium nidus, or Bird’s-Nest Fern, is native to Tropical Asia. It is a spectacular, epiphytic fern with apple green fronds that will reach up to 20-60 inches (50-150 cm) long by 8 inches (20 cm) wide. As the fronds age, they have a prominent blackish midrib. They make outstanding container plants and are very showy. Spores develop on the underside of fronds in long lines known as coenosori.

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ASPLENIUM NIDUS
Bird’s Nest Fern
It will form a large rosette with wide light green leaves. Very good for pot culture. Makes a wonderful centerpiece in any decoration.

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Asplenium nidus
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Common Names
Bird’s Nest Fern

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Bird’s Nest Fern
CFREC-A Foliage Plant Research Note RH-91-7
R.T. Poole, L.S. Osborne and A. R. Chase
University of Florida, IFAS
Central Florida Research and Education Center-Apopka 2807 Binion Road., Apopka, FL 32703-8504
Bird’s Nest Fern
Ferns have always been an important segment of the foliage industry. The Boston fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, was one of the first ferns grown commercially for export and there are now many other fern species, including Bird’s-nest fern, produced and sold in large quantities. Bird’s-nest fern, Asplenium nidus, is a large epiphytic fern, with erect, simple, wavy, bright green leaves which can reach lengths of 4 feet.

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Bird’s Nest Fern Quick Facts:
Scientific Name: Asplenium nidus
The bird’s nest fern is a house plant that likes humidity. Despite its name, the bird’s nest fern does not look like a typical fern. The apple-green, tongue-shaped fronds of the bird’s nest fern are whole rather than cut. They are borne from a central, funnel-shaped rosette of fuzzy, brown wool where the emerging fronds resemble bird’s eggs, giving the plant its common name.

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Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) plants are tropical plants native to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium
 Asplenium nidus – “bird’s-nest fern”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird’s-nest_fern
Bird’s-nest ferns is a common name applied to several related species of ferns in the genus Asplenium. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a linguate leaf rosette and are usually epiphytic, growing in trees. Bird’s-nest Fern may also be seen growing on rocks and they will grow in the ground, too.
The best-known species is A. nidus; others include A. australasicum (crow’s-nest Fern), Asplenium antiquum and A. serratum (wild bird’s-nest Fern).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_nidus
Asplenium nidus (syn.: A. ficifolium Goldm., Thamnopteris nidus (L.) C. Presl., Neottopteris rigida Feé) is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii, Polynesia, Christmas Island, India, and eastern Africa. It is one of several closely related species known by the common name Bird’s Nest Fern.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestfarn
Der Nestfarn (Asplenium nidus) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Streifenfarngewächse (Aspleniaceae).
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Die Farnwedel des Nestfarns sind kurzstielig, breit, glatt, am Rande leicht gewellt und glänzen in saftigem Grün. Die Pflanze wird bis zu einen Meter hoch und mit dem Alter zunehmend dichter. Die bis zu 50cm breiten Wedel bilden eine Trichterkrone, in der sich angewehte Erde wie in einem Nest sammelt und aus der sich die jungen Blätter entrollen.

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Singapur
Botanischer Garten: Nestfarn - Asplenium nidus

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nestfarn (asplenium nidus)
die gattung asplenium zählt zur familie der streifenfarngewächse (aspleniaceae) und beinhaltet mehrere hundert arten. davon sind einige auch bei uns heimisch. als zimmerpflanze ist der nestfarn (asplenium nidus) sehr beliebt. er wächst in seinem natürlichen lebensraum auch epiphytisch (auf bäumen sitzend).

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Familie:
Aspleniaceae (Streifenfarngewächse)
Art:
Asplenium nidus L.
dt. Name:
Nestfarn
Heimat:
O-Afrika, trop. Asien, Australien, Polynesien

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Botanischer Name: Asplenium nidus
Trivialname: Afrikanischer Nestfarn
Herkunft: Afrika, Asien, Australasien

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Nestfarn (Asplenium nidus)
Der auch Nestfarn genannte Asplenium Nidus ist einer von den „Zimmerfarnen“. Nestfarn wird er genannt, weil seine seidig glänzenden Wedel eine Art Rosette bilden, die beim flüchtigen Betrachten an ein Nest erinnern. Die Blätter sind nicht geteilt und wölben sich etwas nach …