Accession Data

Microsorum steerei

Common Name: Blue Strap Fern

Family: Polypodiaceae

Synonym(s): Microsorum thailandicum Boonkerd & Noot.

Country of Origin: Thailand, southern China, Vietnam

Description: Blue Strap Fern is an epiphtye or lithophyte that is found growing on limestone hills in peninsular Thailand. This ferns remarkable blue iridescence is thought to enable selective absorption of light.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession #: 200202460

Accession Date: 2002-10-17 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3101

Quantity: 2

Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico

Provenance:

Originally rcvd as Microsorum thailandicum.
CSU-Chico ex Dick & Donna Murrill, 9416 Cummings Rd., Durham, CA. 
Plant given to Murrills in Thailand. 

 

Culture: epiphyte or lithophyte on limestone. Warm temps. Bright filtered light, high humidity.

Classification

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales

SubOrder: Polypodiineae

Family: Polypodiaceae

SubFamily: Microsoroideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
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2012

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
  2. Microsorum steerei at Flora of China. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
  3. Microsorum thailandicum at Exotic Rainforest. Last accessed Friday, May 11, 2018.

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