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Bulbil Growing on Hen and Chickens Fern
Scientific Name: Asplenium bulbiferum
Location: Tamahere Gully, Waikato, NZ
Date Photographed: 13/06/2015
Image Number: 20150614-0058


This endemic NZ species grows bulbils on its fronds which, when they have grown to about 50mm, fall off and take root in moist soil to form new plants.