Vid - Epiphytic ferns of southern Japan

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Great vid! Lovely guest at the end.
Are they uncommon?

Reminds me of a place we have been- Fern Canyon, California.
Our surprise guests, at the end, were a couple of bull Tule elk.
Wish I knew more about the camera then...
 
Glad you all enjoyed it. It is fun for me to do this, so I'm happy to oblige.

That was pretty cool.:clap::clap:

Do you ever find any orchids growing in conjunction with the ferns?

Rick, there are a number of common terrestrials I routinely see alongside the lithophytic to terrestrial species of fern. Liparis nervosa v. bituberculata, Cremastra appenidiculata, Calanthe discolor, and Cymbidium goeringii all are quite common in the woods here. Epiphytes are more rare. The most common species is Thrixspermum japonicum and occasionally I see Gastrochilus matsuran - both alongside Lepisorus thunbergianus and Lemmaphyllum microphyllum.

Great vid! Lovely guest at the end.
Are they uncommon?

Reminds me of a place we have been- Fern Canyon, California.
Our surprise guests, at the end, were a couple of bull Tule elk.
Wish I knew more about the camera then...

Clark, I'm sure snakes are more common here than the ones I see from time to time. I've seen the tiger keelback a few times - it is venomous, but not dangerous since it tends to run. I would have taken a longer shot of it, but it slithered away. A more dangerous species, Gloydius blomhoffii, puts a couple thousand people into the hospital yearly in Japan. They are common here near streams - I see them routinely in the summer months on hikes.

What species of epiphytic fern did you see in California - Polypodiums?
 
Tom, I would only be guessing. After our tourist type snapshots at Fern Canyon, the hunt was on for Darlingtonia californica. I failed.
But, from what I remember, the fallen redwood trees at another location- were prime real estate for ferns.
 

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