tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post4617558498803100259..comments2023-03-25T18:22:01.575+11:00Comments on MY GROWING PASSION: Dicksonia antarcticaMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-79122905126925894332013-01-18T19:02:24.424+11:002013-01-18T19:02:24.424+11:00Ausworkshop,ferns, unlike flowering plants (angios...Ausworkshop,ferns, unlike flowering plants (angiosperms) and conifers, have a rather inefficient vascular system, which is why they tend not to cope with extreme heat and dryness. The more complex plumbing that evolved with the flowering plants is one reason they have been so evolutionarily successful, colonising so many different environments on the planet. <br /><br />The vascular system of Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-13476705499581855052012-12-30T22:52:28.105+11:002012-12-30T22:52:28.105+11:00Can you cut the fronds and propagate? Thanks for a...Can you cut the fronds and propagate? Thanks for an interesting article. ausworkshophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10094386400777521160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-32943349084551048162007-09-15T18:36:00.000+10:002007-09-15T18:36:00.000+10:00Me too, Jayne. Today we counted the new fronds on ...Me too, Jayne. Today we counted the new fronds on the fern. Sixteen! All doing the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Yikes.<BR/><BR/>It's going to be a scorcher in a few months, methinks. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by. I've started looking at your blogs. Fascinating stuff. We're only a few hundred kilometres apart, it seems, but very different ecologies.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-27223744279365220232007-09-14T12:20:00.000+10:002007-09-14T12:20:00.000+10:00Wish I had even a fraction of the energy ferns put...Wish I had even a fraction of the energy ferns put into their new fronds!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com