resurrection plant - Orchid Board

bonsai1504 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 03:53 PM

I went to south texas botanical garden in corpus christi. The best part was the orchid room and the giant staghorn fern. In the gift shop there was this little dead-looking plant called a "resurection plant" that is dormant and it comes back to life when you stick it in water and then you can plant it in soil or dry it back out and re-do the resurection again and again.what is the real name of this plant and what are the requirements to grow this plant?

Dorothy · #2 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 05:32 PM

Some info on the Resurrection Plant or Rose of Jericho -
Rose of Jericho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Resurrection Plant, something between moss and fern - Biology

bonsai1504 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 10:34 PM

flhiker · #4 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 11:38 PM

I have some resurrection fern in my terrarium. I keep it low next to the water and it stays nice and green. I also see plenty of it in the glades and during the winter it looks dead but as soon as the rains come they perk back up.

RoyalOrchids · #5 (**permalink**) 07-19-2008, 01:22 AM

I was thinking ressurection fern too. That's Pleopeltis polypodioides.

bonsai1504 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 10:57 AM

mine looks completely different from that.

Swamper · #7 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 11:21 AM

Either one is pretty cool. Like Dave said as soon as it gets rained on it "resurects". Do you have a pic of it? Did you buy one?

JennS · #8 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 12:05 PM

There is alot of the resurrection fern growing naturally in my area of Florida. I don't know if you have something else or not, but I can tell you that the fern likes shade/dappled light (grows on tree trunks usually). The stuff that grows around here just looks dead and then when it rains it opens back up and turns green. I have tried to water it before when watering other plants and it did not "ressurect". I guess there is too much chlorine or something else in the tap water or just somethign special in rain water that they like. Please post a pic of your plant if you did buy one. It sounds really neat!

RoyalOrchids · #9 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008, 02:26 PM

Resurrection fern, resurrection plant, resurrection lily... Common names make it kind of tricky to pin down. A pic would help. The Pleopeltis is common here in TX too, which is why I thought of it instantly. It's epiphytic and prefers trees with horizontal growth like Post Oaks (Q. stellata).

Was this one in a tree? On the ground? You really have me curious now!!!