Family: Hemionitidaceae
Scientific Name: Hemionitis arifolia
Common Name: Donkeys Ears Fern, Valentine Fern, Heart Fern
| Description | A smaller fern fitting easily into a six inch pot. Requires a high humidity to properly grow. |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Ferns - Tropical |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | partial sun |
| Moisture | evenly moist, prefers higher humidity |
| Soil & Site | humus |
| Growing Media | humusy |
| Temperature | minimum temperature should be above 50 degrees |
| Flowers | fertile sori are produced on the underside of a fertile leaf |
| Fruit | spores |
| Leaves | sterile leathery heart-shaped leaves found at the base, taller fertile fronds found on wiry petioles |
| Propagation | spores, division |
| Native Site | Indonesia, Burma, Sri Lanka |
| Notes & Reference | #23-Indoor Ferns (Boy Altman) |
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