Exotic Fern Group

Exotic Fern Group The Exotic Fern Group is a community for enthusiasts of tropical, subtropical and indoor ferns. Explore your passion for ferns with the Exotic Fern Group.

We bring together individuals who share a passion for these unique plants, offering opportunities to connect, learn and grow together. Connect, learn, grow.

Picture shows Pyrrosia angustata growing epiphytically on an old tree fern trunk in the tropical house at Gardd Fotaneg ...
13/06/2026

Picture shows Pyrrosia angustata growing epiphytically on an old tree fern trunk in the tropical house at Gardd Fotaneg Treborth (Treborth Botanic Garden), Bangor, North Wales Treborth Botanic Garden Bangor University.

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The UK’s newest plant society. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. For people passionate about ferns.

12/06/2026

Post a picture or create a story about a fern or any of their allies every Friday. Tag with and mention .fern.group. We will do our best to promote your post or story.

The Exotic Fern Group is the UK-based international plant society. Membership is free. Have access to articles on ferns and be part of a community of people who are passionate about ferns.

Picture shows Dryopteris affinis var. azorica growing at Lagoa do Fogo, on the Portuguese Azores island of São Miguel.

Picture shows Asplenium ×lucrosum (syn. A. bulbiferum in the trade) growing as bedding in planters outside Covent Garden...
11/06/2026

Picture shows Asplenium ×lucrosum (syn. A. bulbiferum in the trade) growing as bedding in planters outside Covent Garden Underground Station, in London, United Kingdom.

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The plant society for people passionate about ferns. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. Connect, Learn, Grow.

Picture shows Parablechnum cordatum (syn. Blechnum—commonly in trade as Blechnum chilense) growing in the fernery at Mou...
09/06/2026

Picture shows Parablechnum cordatum (syn. Blechnum—commonly in trade as Blechnum chilense) growing in the fernery at Mount Stewart , Northern Ireland.

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The plant society for people passionate about ferns. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. Connect, Learn, Grow.

Next week at BBC Gardeners’ World Live we are releasing our report: Towards Ethical Collections. If you are grower or im...
08/06/2026

Next week at BBC Gardeners’ World Live we are releasing our report: Towards Ethical Collections. If you are grower or importer of ferns for the trade or a curator of a public or national collection of ferns, please find us at the show and we can give you a copy. A digital version will be available for the public next week too.

Towards Ethical Collections establishes a principled framework for the cultivation, exchange and long-term conservation of tropical ferns in the UK. By fostering collaboration between botanic gardens and private growers, this initiative ensures legal compliance and ethical grounding. Together, we safeguard rare species and specialised expertise, transforming individual collections into a unified, effective conservation resource.

Picture shows Pteris incompleta growing near Pico da Vara on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of ...
08/06/2026

Picture shows Pteris incompleta growing near Pico da Vara on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

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The plant society for people passionate about ferns. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. Connect, Learn, Grow.

Volume 4 of The Glasshouse is available from the EFG website. You can subscribe online to receive your annual edition. A...
07/06/2026

Volume 4 of The Glasshouse is available from the EFG website. You can subscribe online to receive your annual edition. Any profits go straight into delivering our society’s mission.

We are offering a special bundle price for our three earlier volumes.

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Fern Botany Post No. 39: Bulbil‘Bulbils are small vegetative growths on a fern frond that can develop into new plants. I...
07/06/2026

Fern Botany Post No. 39: Bulbil

‘Bulbils are small vegetative growths on a fern frond that can develop into new plants. In several fern genera, they form on the tip, costa or lamina (upper surface) of the frond and drop off when they are ready to root. They can also be called plantlets, bulblets or buds.’



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The UK’s newest plant society. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. For people passionate about ferns.

Picture shows a bulbil, or ‘plantlet’, that has formed on the upper frond surface of Tectaria gemmifera—creating a genetic clone of the parent plant.

Picture shows Culcita macrocarpa growing at the top of Pico da Vara on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese arch...
06/06/2026

Picture shows Culcita macrocarpa growing at the top of Pico da Vara on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

Join us! Visit exoticferngroup.org/join.

The plant society for people passionate about ferns. We have a worldwide community. Our membership is free. Connect, Learn, Grow.

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