Psilotum complanatum, or the Flatfork fern is the elusive cousin of the widespread and common Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum). It is by no means a common creature but it will almost instantly be recognizable by anyone who has ever seen a Whisk Fern, the only difference being that the Flatfork Fern has flattened ‘fronds’. I saw this specimen growing in the botanical gardens growing epiphytically on a tree, with no indication that it had been planted there.
About David Tng
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David Tng, a hedonistic botanizer who pursues plants with a fervour. I chase the opportunity to delve into various aspects of the study of plants. I have spent untold hours staring at mosses and allied plants, taking picture of pollen, culturing orchids in clean cabinets, counting tree rings, monitoring plant flowering times, etc. I am currently engrossed in the study of plant ecology (a grand excuse to see 'anything I can). Sometimes I think of myself as a shadow taxonomist, a sentimental ecologist, and a spiritual environmentalist - but at the very root of it all, a "plant whisperer"!
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 