Fern maybe?

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  1. Ronni

    Ronni Hardy Maple

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    I rescued this houseplant at the end of the season last year from my local grocery store. It was on its last legs, was actually being thrown away but I know the gal who tends the plant/flower section and I asked her if I could just have it..she said sure.

    It didn't do much for the longest time, and I wasn't sure if it was going to come back. But it's tenacious I guess, it recently started putting out some tentative new shoots that look healthy.

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    I particularly like the way the new shoots start....look at these adorable little spirals!! :heart:

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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I'm no fern expert Ronni but yours resembles Davallia fejeensis. There's another one that it may be too that's called Pteris ensiformis. Hopefully someone else can shed more light on a name for it than I can. It's really quite attractive with it's variegated foliage isn't it? I also love the way the new shoots form those little spirals. Well done you for rescuing it and bringing it back to life.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Looks like a fern to me but all I can go with is "fern." Neat that it's survived. Am pretty certain in a couple of seasons it'll be really lush.
     



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    Love the fiddleheads coming up.
     
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    Pretty little fern Ronni. I have seen that fern about, but never knew it's name.
     
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    Fiddleheads? Is that your name for that new growth, or is that an actual term? I LOVE it, whatever its origin! Exactly appropriate for what they look like! :D
     
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    Oh wow. Yeah, toni, that's exactly what it looks like. And I sure will....soon as I figure out how ;) I've done it before, I just need to remember.
     
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    OK toni I uploaded the photos.

    Do the images need to be annotated in some way...I guess primarily the "fiddleheads" (thanks Licenter!) image so folks know that's new growth?
     
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    That's what I've always called the new growth. There is a fiddlehead fern also. From what I understand those fiddleheads are edible, and taste like mild asparagus when cooked.
     
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    Cayuga Morning Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Lucenter,
    Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, I had a college friend who would go backpacking in the Adirondacks. He would pick & saute those fiddleheads.
    Once he showed me which ones were edible....but do I remember? Of course not.
     
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    Coinky dink. We had a cabin in the Adirondacks long long ago. Do I know you? :)
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Ronnie, no annotation needed on the photos....actually there is no way to do it anyway :)
    Thanks for getting them uploaded, they have just been approved. Now to enter information about them. There is a section on the plant page for 'Additional Short Notes' where you could add anything you think someone might need to know about the plant.
     
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    Licenter,
    Wow! That would be something, huh? This friend's family had a cabin in the Adirondacks & he'd go camping with his dad every year. Camping & fishing. This would be when he was a kid and a teen....1960-1977 maybe. Do I shock you with how old I am?

    So what in the world does coinky dink mean!!?? I have never heard that expression....hold on, I just googled it:
    coinkydink (noun) : [slang] coincidence. It is such a coinkydink to see you here! Submitted by: Anonymous on May. 29, 2008 12:26. cojerker (noun) : a coworker who is a jerk; an unlikable, cruel, rude, or small-minded fellow
    employee.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Wow, I haven't heard anyone use that expression in years. But I remember it from waaaay back in my history.
     

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