Bolbitis heudelotii
African Water Fern
Bolbitis heudelotii, named for the botanical explorer of West Africa Jean-Pierre Heudelot, is an aquatic polypody fern growing submerged in rivers and streams, attached to rocks or wood by the threadlike rootlets extending from its rhizomes. It has dark green, pinnate leaves 15–40 cm long and 15–25 cm broad. It grows submerged. The water in its native habitat is fast-moving over sandy or rocky bottoms, very clean, not very hard and slightly acidic. The roots cling to rocks and the sandy beds.
Contributed by @ofmiceormen
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Partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Aquatic
Common name
African Water Fern
Latin name
Bolbitis heudelotii
type
Aquatic Polypody Fern
family
Dryopteridaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Aquatic
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.20 M
0.30 M
Bolbitis heudelotii
Bolbitis heudelotii, named for the botanical explorer of West Africa Jean-Pierre Heudelot, is an aquatic polypody fern growing submerged in rivers and streams, attached to rocks or wood by the threadlike rootlets extending from its rhizomes. It has dark green, pinnate leaves 15–40 cm long and 15–25 cm broad. It grows submerged. The water in its native habitat is fast-moving over sandy or rocky bottoms, very clean, not very hard and slightly acidic. The roots cling to rocks and the sandy beds.
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