Fern spore for sale.

Angiopteris evecta var. Robinson River (Inland King Fern)

This is spore – NOT living plants, see note below.

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

$30.00

 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

Angiopteris evecta var. Robinson River

This variety of the King Fern is similar to the other more common form, but overall is somewhat smaller.  It is found in Sandstone gorges and permanent springs in Arnhem Land, and in Queensland from the Glennie Tableland, on Cape York Peninsula to Carnarvan Gorge, and most likely is the one on Fraser Island. It is found in areas other than the tropical rainforests but always in situations of permanent water and shelter. 

The pinnae are much more narrow than the variety from the Wet Tropics and unlike this one starts to produce spore while quite small. The Wet Tropics form usually takes many years and needs to be very large before spore appears. It is more cold tolerant as some of these dry inland areas reach very low temperatures in the winter.

The main requirement for growing it is semi-shade and plenty of moisture.

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.