Lindsaea lancea

Family: Lindsaeaceae
Region: Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands.
Habitat: tropical and subtropical; prefers moist, well-drained, shaded environments, tropical rainforests and moist; often growing as an epiphyte on tree trunks or on the forest floor in humid conditions.
Ecology: maintain moisture levels; provides microhabitats for various small organisms.
Use: ornamental, for its graceful, slender fronds.BotanyFern; small to medium-sized, typically epiphytic.
Roots: fibrous; emerging from the rhizome.
Rhizome: creeping rhizome.
Leaves: long, slender, lanceolate; 15 to 30 cm in length; finely dissected and pinnate, with multiple divisions giving them a delicate, feathery appearance; light to medium green.
Sori: along the veins of the fronds; protected by an indusium.