4" Fern, Crocodile sans warm places an occasional white

warm places an occasional white

Spiky leaves stiffly poke outwards

paired new leaves emerge pointing straight up

and growing in the tropics

it's a most excellent houseplant as well

4" Fern, Crocodile sans warm places an occasional whiteThis Microsorum is another from the rainforest, of course, where most of our most fascinating and beautiful houseplants originate. Crocodile's fronds are wrinkled tongues, all bent and crinkled, waving and flowing from the pot in soft, lime green. Deep set, darker green veins map the leaf surface forming regular little cells making a textured, pebbled surface reminiscent of a crocodile's skin. Add to all that little scaly bumps. Although it takes its