pteris wallichiana

[Mr List]

just wondering how to prop this plant?

i thought it was a rhizome plant but when i dug it up i didn't see any bits to easily divide

[greendragon]

spores?

Btw I read that the spores from Pteris ferns are highly carcinogenic.

Even Dicksonia Antarctica spores "damage DNA", whatever that means.

source;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374532/

[Mr List]

great

i meant how and when best to divide, if you can

[Conifers]

spores?

Btw I read that the spores from Pteris ferns are highly carcinogenic.

Even Dicksonia Antarctica spores "damage DNA", whatever that means.

source;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374532/

That's 'fern spore extracts'. Not necessarily the same as breathing in fern spores, which we all do all the time in spore-shedding season (late summer for most ferns). I'd not rate fern spores a high risk - if they were, we'd all have died of cancer long ago.