Asplenium goudeyi
A bird's-nest fern endemic to Lord Howe Island. It forms upright rosettes of simple, wavy-edged, dull green fronds 50–75 cm long, and grows on trees in closed forest or on basalt boulders and cliffs, sometimes fully exposed. Its home has a mild, humid, oceanic subtropical climate, so it wants steady warmth without heat, bright indirect light and moist but airy conditions.
Where it grows wild
It is an epiphyte on trees in closed forest or a lithophyte on basalt rocks, boulders and cliff faces, sometimes in very exposed places. Records include open rock scree at the base of the Mt Lidgbird cliffs, stunted forest just below ridgelines, and the southern mountains around Mt Gower. It is locally common on the island.
Georeferenced records lie at about 190 m on the Malabar ridge, and others come from the slopes of Mt Lidgbird and the ridge towards Mt Gower. On an island only about 875 m high it spans lowland forest to cloud-shrouded mountain slopes.
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