Polyphlebium venosum

Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Region: Australasia, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific islands.
Habitat: cool, moist, shaded environments, rainforests, along streams, and damp rock faces; often epiphytic on tree trunks or branches.
Ecology: stabilizing soil; providing microhabitats for mosses and invertebrates.
Use: ornamental, delicate and ornamental foliage, in terrariums or shaded gardens.BotanyFern; delicate; filmy; creeping growth habit.
Leaves: thin; translucent; intricately divided, lace-like; 5 to 20 cm long; light green, often with a slight sheen.
Sori: at the tips of lobes, protected by a cup-like indusium.; with copious spores, adapted for dispersal in humid conditions.
Roots: fine; wiry rhizomes; clinging to tree bark, mosses, rocks.