Fern spore for sale.

Cyathea rebeccae (Black Tree Fern)

We have good fresh spore.

Each packet contains a generous amount of sieved spore (no trash included)

$12.00

 Sent by air mail anywhere in the world.

TRACKING:  Tracking is now available on spore shipments within Australia. This is covered by the postage cost of $5.00 per item in a prepaid envelope.

The ridiculous cost of Australia Post charges for overseas tracking ($17.70) for the same envelope/small package) is so high no one would be willing to pay it, especially on a $12 order) so there is no tracking on shipments to destinations outside of Australia. We will send a photo of the envelope with postage paid sticker on it when it is sent.

This is  spore – NOT living plants, see note  below.
NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE to buyers who say they did not know! Read all the details before ordering.

Do not order spore if you do not know how to germinate them. It is completely different from growing flowering plants from seed. Fern spore looks like a bit of dust and if it spreads across the packet it needs to be tapped back to the bottom. See instructions below.

Watch this video (The dark art of growing ferns from spore) to see how to grow ferns from spore –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okvz09DpL_w

Cyathea rebeccae

Cyathea (sigh ath ee a) rebeccae (re beck ay) is a very beautiful tree fern with its crown of shining, dark green fronds.  It is found in north-eastern and central-eastern Queensland from sea level to more than 1500 m altitude.  A fern of the rainforests it will grow in full sun or under the rainforest canopy.  In many places at high altitudes it adorns the roadside cuttings through the rainforests to the exclusion of other ferns.  In these situations it presents a truly memorable sight.

Cyathea rebeccae is one of our slender-trunked tree ferns; the trunk is  very dark, hence the common name.  Young, immature plants of this fern are often overlooked as they have pinnate fronds, whereas the adult plants have bi-pinnate fronds.

This lovely fern is slow-growing - which makes it a good subject for tub culture.  In the garden, like a number of other plants, it is slow to get established, but once it has sorted out the underground department  it grows steadily.  If adequate water and good humidity can be maintained it will do well in full sun, otherwise give it a shaded position under trees.  It makes a pleasing sight when it provides a canopy for smaller ferns.

Information and images from Australian Tropical Plants DVD ROM

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Note: Sometimes the spore in the packet gets shaken to the edge and settles in the folds of the paper. It is a good idea to open the packet slowly (out of any breeze, or you could loose the lot) and while holding the edges of the packet upwards gently tap the paper on the outside with a pencil to shake the spore back into the centre fold.

Note: If you have never grown ferns from spore before it is suggested you research it carefully first. It is completely different from growing plants from seed. A good video is this one from Gardening Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okvz09DpL_w.
Study this and see if you are willing to give it a go.