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Pyrrosia lingua 'Kaeru Tei'

Kaeru Tei Tongue Fern

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Item #: 10018

Zones: 8a to 10b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 6" tall

Culture: Light Shade to Shade

Origin: China, Japan, Taiwan

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Pyrrosia lingua 'Kaeru Tei' is a Japanese selection of the Asian tongue fern. With a name like 'Kaeru Tei', which means to "change appearance", you can imagine that each leaf will be different. The 6" long, black-green, tongue-shaped leaves are edged with irregular-sized angular protruberances...Hello Siri...what's an angular protruberance? In short, it's a fern that only a mother could love. So, have you ever been called a mother?