The flowers just keep on coming for my plants. Amidst all the bad in the world it's nice to be able to just go outside and observe the flowers. In today's post, the plant in the spotlight is the foxtail fern which is also known as the asparagus fern. The plant grows in what are described as plumes. It's quite a nice looking plant. It also has quite an extensive root system. They appear to have tubers. I have had to repot the plant once and experienced the roots first hand. I'm not sure if you can propagate the plant from the tuber portions of the roots or not though.
I'll be honest that I don't really pay too close attention to my fern. I just make sure to keep it watered. The other day when watering the plant something caught my eye. I noticed some very small white flowers with yellow stamens growing on the plumes. It was quite a site to look at up close. Check it out:
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| Foxtail (Asparagus) Fern Flowers |
My plant has bloomed before but it has never produced seeds. If the flowers are fertilized the plant grows red berries. And to get an idea of the scale of how small the flowers are in relation to the plant, here's another image:
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| Wow those flowers are tiny! |
If you look closely you might notice a pregnant onion plant in the upper left of the photo... But these flowers are really tiny and on the order of several millimeters in size. I have one last picture to share to really see the detail of the flowers. You can clearly see the stamens. I wonder if I can self pollinate the plant?
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| Foxtail (Asparagus) Fern flower close-up |
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