Thursday, January 12, 2012

How bird nest fern and staghorn fern growing big from their tiny spores?

i would like to see the picutre of bird nest fern's and staghorn ferns life stages (from spores to a matured plant)

How bird nest fern and staghorn fern growing big from their tiny spores?
Kindly click on the links below--



1) Staghorn fern- stages-



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Platy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Stagh...



Fern spores

http://www.farngarten.de/images/forum/Pl...



Fern prothallus after spore germination.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/bps/wo...



The new sporophyte emerging from the prothallus after fertilization.

http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/Pt...



Young fern still attached to the prothallus.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/bps/wo...

http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/...



2) Bird nest fern

Asplenium nidus (syn.: A. ficifolium Goldm., Thamnopteris nidus (L.) C. Presl., Neottopteris rigida FeƩ) is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, northern Queensland in Australia, Hawaii, Polynesia, Christmas Island, India, and eastern Africa. It is one of several closely related species known by the common name Bird's Nest Fern.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Asple...
Reply:i dont know
Reply:Spores are microorganisms, which reproduce extremely quickly. Besides, they also live off trees and other plants to get their life energy and food.


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