Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Ethiopia Dry soil and full sun

Dry soil and full sun are the keys to success

After 3 years of garden trials

(aka: Colocasia 'Puckered Up') Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ripple' is a relatively new introduction from Kentucky's Brian Williams

The 30" tall cobra-marked stalk is topped with three dark green

Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Ethiopia Dry soil and full sunPyrrosia lingua 'Yabane Fu' is a selection of the epiphytic Japanese tongue fern with 7" long, thick, leathery evergreen leaves with randomly jagged edges and equally random streaks of green and yellow. All pyrrosia lingua forms are just as happy growing on a tree or rock as long as their foliage gets adequate moisture. We prefer our plants in containers of a compost rich mix. In the ground, the soil needs to be very organic, and well drained, and in