Sterile and fertile fronds different. Blade thick, leathery, dark green; plantlets developing at the base of the frond.

Needs shelter and warmth.

Mexico.

New buds developing at the base of the frond; basal segments not extensively subdivided; venation netted.

 

Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn from the tropics and subtropics, including northern Australia, is occasionally cultivated; it has more finely dissected segments with veins mostly free.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Adiantaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.