Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos Butia which spreads slowly by thick

which spreads slowly by thick underground rhizomes

The silver dollar-sized leaves are deep green with large central silver patterns in each leaf

as this cousin comes from a distant limb of the family tree

Hainan China

who crossed Lycoris africana with Lycoris aurea

Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos Butia which spreads slowly by thickFor a fern we didn't even know existed before 2010, Pleopeltis lepidopteris has quickly become one of our favorites. This sun loving lithophytic (rock grower) fern hails from the sandy, acidic coastal (restinga) habitats in southern Brazil (Rio Grande du Sul). This offering is a Yucca Do find from a disjunct population along the beach in Morro dos Conventos, Brazil. The 2' tall x 2" wide, rigidly upright fronds emerge covered in thick silver hair, to