Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Ethiopia forming a silver tongue-shaped leaf

forming a silver tongue-shaped leaf

each highlighted by three twisting amber sepals

and growth slows dramatically in dense shade

After 3 years of garden trials

Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Ethiopia forming a silver tongue-shaped leafPyrrosia lingua 'Yabane Fu' is a selection of the epiphytic Japanese tongue fern with 7" long, thick, leathery evergreen leaves with randomly jagged edges and equally random streaks of green and yellow. All pyrrosia lingua forms are just as happy growing on a tree or rock as long as their foliage gets adequate moisture. We prefer our plants in containers of a compost rich mix. In the ground, the soil needs to be very organic, and well drained, and in