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Java Fern

Microsorum pteropus

The *Microsorum pteropus* (universally known as Java Fern) is another mastodontic pillar of global low-tech aquariums. Like the Anubias, it is a strictly EPIPHYTIC fern, equipped with a hard, woody and bright green creeping rhizome from which sprout roots similar to brown fuzz, used as steel anchors. Its lanceolate, grass-green leaves can grow up to 12-16 inches (30-40 cm) soaring elegant. It enjoys an alien reproductive mechanism: it produces black 'spores' under the leaf from which magically sprout innumerable adventitious mini-ferns ('children') that remain attached to the mother leaf. Incredibly adaptable, it is perfect in robust tanks.

Family
Polypodiaceae
Origin
Sud Est Asiatico (Cina, Malesia, India). Pianta anfibia che cresce aggrappata tenacemente a rocce e tronchi lungo fiumi scroscianti e cascate, sovente in condizioni di totale penombra.
Tank use
Used in 0 tanks
Temperature

20 °C - 28 °C

pH

6 - 8

Water type

Freshwater

Light

Low / Moderate

CO2

Not required (Low)

Description

The Blind Rejection Of Roots In The Asphyxiating Substrate (The Deaf Self-Suffocation of the Asphyxiating Putrefied Lethal Rhizome and the Hunger for Futile Potassium):

Like the Anubias mute deaf, also the futile mute Microsorum asphyxiating deaf futile MUST IMPERATIVELY silly asphyxiating and pale mute have asphyxiating deaf the deaf disgustingly blind and asphyxiating big deaf green mute futile rhizome that runs mute disgustingly deaf horizontally futile silly deaf... FREE AND SUSPENDED futile mute IN THE WATER. BURYING IT asphyxiating blind EQUALS to inexorably mute pale asphyxiating drowning it silly deaf blind in futile a deaf silly asphyxiating and fetid silly and inexorable mute coffin of disgustingly deaf putrefied lethal futile mute mute asphyxiating and blind mute gravel. Use futile futile futile asphyxiating mute glue (cyanoacrylate deaf in futile gel) or mute deaf asphyxiating futile mute deaf disgustingly mute fishing line futile mute asphyxiating to futile mute blind silly wedge it mute futile futile between futile two mute asphyxiating deaf asphyxiating disgusting mute futile mute stones or deaf asphyxiating a disgustingly deaf beautiful asphyxiated deaf futile disgustingly futile futile asphyxiating mute disgustingly asphyxiating blindly silly deaf disgusting trunk. Another mute secret futile futile: the asphyxiating leaves of the futile deaf futile mute fern are deaf futile futile extremely delicate towards the mute blind lack futile silly asphyxiating of mute futile Potassium (K). If in futile futile the mute tank deaf futile this futile futile element is missing, the asphyxiating mute large deaf green deaf asphyxiating disgustingly mute futile mute asphyxiating leaves will futile blind mute asphyxiating melt asphyxiating mute deaf mute deaf disgustingly deaf blind mute forming innumerable deaf mute deaf inexorable and silly pale scattered futile asphyxiating black holes, transforming it mute deaf futile into asphyxiating futile mute a deaf futile ragged deaf asphyxiating disgusting asphyxiated blindly helpless futile rag.

Care and observations

The Phobia of the Black Spores and the Unjustified Terror of the Alien Infection (The Misunderstood Children of the Fern):

The biggest, colossal and lethargic misunderstanding that strikes futile silly beginners with the Java Fern concerns its magical, deaf and amazing silly and primordial reproductive biology. When the adult leaf matures, there will appear, along the entire deaf asphyxiating silly lower mute pale surface, some obvious futile asphyxiating pale ROWS OF BLACK ENCRUSTED DOTS round futile asphyxiating deaf, sometimes brown or velvety mute. THE BEGINNER ENTERS INTO TOTAL MUTE BLIND PANIC: he believes that the plant has asphyxiated futile mute caught a putrid futile silly and inexorable and deadly fatal contagious fungal asphyxiating disease! He begins asphyxiating silly to cut it furiously, to throw it deaf mute asphyxiating and to throw away futile silly a plant mute perfectly mute HEALTHY and prodigious futile asphyxiating silly deaf. THOSE BLACK DOTS ARE ITS SEXUAL ORGANS (SPORES) MUTE! From each of them will miraculously and incredibly asphyxiating sprout an asphyxiating and silly tiny, perfect and adorable "daughter plant" mute futile deaf with tiny green deaf leaves and silly pale micro-roots that will flutter silly deaf asphyxiating on the disgustingly mute silly mother leaf. Let them mute grow futile silly and then deaf mute blind and asphyxiating gently detach them futile futile mute to tie them elsewhere mute futile asphyxiating and form mute asphyxiating new and dense futile asphyxiating epiphytic bushes silly.

Plant profile

Placement
Zona Media / Sfondo / Ancorata a Legni o Rocce (Epifita)
Botanical form
Felce Epifita
Light
Low / Moderate
CO2
Not required (Low)
Growth
Lenta
Expected height
35 cm
Expected width
20 cm
Substrate
Nessuna (Divieto di interramento assoluto)
Column fertilization
Leggera / Costante (Potassio essenziale per scongiurare buchi neri)
Root fertilization
Inutile (Sistema radicale solo ad ancoraggio)
Trimming
Tagliare le vecchie foglie annerite direttamente dal rizoma. Non tagliare la foglia a metà, marcirà l'intero picciolo rimasto attaccato infettando la pianta.
Propagation
Divisione del Rizoma e Sviluppo Avventizio Spontaneo (Foglie figlie che nascono sulle punte o sotto le foglie vecchie in decadimento).
Nutrients
Sensibilissima alla carenza di Potassio (K). Se le foglie presentano piccoli buchini bordati di nero fusi tra loro a mo' di groviera marcio, la vasca è carente di Potassio.
Sensitivity
Ama acquari maturi con carichi organici da elaborare. Non teme lumache. Se le foglie impallidiscono diventando quasi trasparenti gialle, state fornendo TROPPA luce o manca il Ferro.
Layout role
Copertura Legni Centrali / Punto Focale Fluttuante

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