I’m not 100% sure of the identify of this maidenhair fern, purchased as a houseplant about four years ago now. Maidnehair ferns are infamous as difficult houseplants and we’ve certainly killed our share of them. We’ve tried them in the kitchen and the bathroom and inevitably they shrivel up and die. This one did, as well, but I grabbed it before it was completely dead and moved it out to the greenhouse. I forgot about it for a few weeks and when I looked at it again, it was bushy and green again!

This plant doesn’t seem to mind the cool temperatures in the greenhouse in the winter. I moved it to a fish bowl that increases the humidity even more and it seems really happy in there. It doesn’t exactly fit inside anymore, but I’m not going to get too worried about aesthetics–just having the plant thriving is a thrill!

My future plans for this plant are to find a better terrarium to put it in–maybe a fish tank that I could populate with other humidity-loving, delicate plants.