Java Fern spores

[cweg71]

I get these spores on the older leaves of my Java Fern. I thought they were neat.

 

[jpappy789]

cool...maybe some plantlets?

 

[Bk718]

yup those are soon to be baby ferns

 

[Sammie7]

Those look like snail egg/jelly sacs to me. :lipssealedsmilie: Maybe it's the extra large close up that makes it look like that.

 

[cweg71]

spores

Those look like snail egg/jelly sacs to me. :lipssealedsmilie:

WHen I first saw them I thought the same thing. They are not in jelly, are pretty hard, and only appear on older java leaves. I have never seen them disappear or grow plantlets. I do get plantlets on the tips of older leaves. They look like spore pods just like on terrestial ferns.

 

[Sammie7]

WHen I first saw them I thought the same thing. They are not in jelly, are pretty hard, and only appear on older java leaves. I have never seen them disappear or grow plantlets. I do get plantlets on the tips of older leaves. They look like spore pods just like on terrestial ferns.

Hmmm. interesting. About how big are they in real life? They prolly just look huge because of the zooming in. I wonder why they never grow plantlets.

 

[Bk718]

Like all ferns, Java lance ferns reproduce by spores. You’ll see rows of spores all along the edges of their leaves. They throw off tiny daughter plants from these spores. -aqualandpetsplus.com

 

[Sammie7]

Yuck, mine never look like that. They just look like raised blackish bumps on the underside of the leaf. That looks like it's out of water and those brown balls are crumbling off. It doesn't even look like a java fern leaf to me. Oh well.

 

[Bk718]

thats actually not a java fern shot.. its of a regular fern..