Adiantum capillus-veneris cultivar scintilla

Acquired via the Internet under the name Anemia millefolia.

Layne Huiet Reports: After consulting Barbara Jo Hoshizaki's paper on Cultivated Adiantums (Baileya vol. 17 pp.116,117 I believe this is Adiantum capillus-veneris cultivar scintilla. There is also a photo in Goudey's book Maidenhair Ferns in Cultivation. Amazingly it is one of only 4 cultivars of capillus-veneris while she reported 35 for A. raddianum. She reports it's believed to have originated in Australia.

Division: Polypodiopsida
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum L.
Species: Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

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4 Comments

Michael Sundue on July 16, 2019 at 7:58 pm

Wow! Never seen anything like that before. It looks like you might have sporangia born on the abaxial surface of a false indusium. The only genus known to do that is Adiantum. The blackish lustrous rachises and flabellate pinnae support this idea as well. So, perhaps it is a cultivar of Adiantum raddianum or A. capillus-veneris.

Tuskarilla on July 17, 2019 at 6:51 am

Thanks for the answer! I also believe that this is Adiantum, but I searched the entire Internet and nowhere found anything similar in structure. Although I had suspicions of Hymenophyllaceae, but there the plants are more delicate, this plant is still tough, dense.
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- Michael Sundue on July 23, 2019 at 1:16 am
  
  I just updated the post with and identification of the species and cultivar provided by Layne Huiet. Great plant!
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