Pyrrosia lingua Corymbifera Farfugium or drain poorly

or drain poorly

and can grow fine in both moist and dry soils

Tassel fern is a shade plant that thrives in both full and light shade

especially for hybridizers

but we've always doubted it was identified correctly

Pyrrosia lingua Corymbifera Farfugium or drain poorlyThis rare crested form of the tongue fern is among the most beautiful of the ferns we grow. Each dark green cardboard textured frond, which emerges from the thin surface growing rhizome, looks like a reindeer head after a bad experience with a four wheel drive pickup nice antlers, but sort of twisted out of shape. Grow this evergreen fern in a well drained site on a slope for best performance.