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Photo by Andreas Wistuba, Flickr.com.


Photo from Zakzak.co.jp.


Large wild plant by by Andreas Wistuba, Flickr.com.


A plant in culture from Zeroplants.com. Flickr.com.

 

Author: 

Elbert Hennipman, 1986

Family: 

POLYPODIACEAE

Origin: 

Sulawesi; Indonesia

Soil: 

No, Strictly Epiphytic

Water: 

Maximum

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

20 Centimetres

Height: 

20-60 Centimetres

Flower: 

No, Spores

Propagate: 

Spores/Cuttings

Names:  -
Synonyms:  -

This member of the Polypodiaceae family was given this name by Elbert Hennipman in 1986. It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, growing as an epiphyte with lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow to a cluster of 20 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from 20 to 60 centimetres in height. The spores are yellow.

The genera name after some Lecan, but I fail to figure which one, or perhaps Greek lekane; 'bowl', and Latin pteris; 'fern'. The genera name Lecanopteris was introduced by Caspar Georg Reinwardt published in Flora 8, 1825.
The species is named after the Indonesian Taxonomist Dedy Darnaedi.


The swollen but hollow stem by by Andreas Wistuba,


Close-up  by by Andreas Wistuba, Flickr.com.