Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Pyrrosia

Family: Polypodiaceae

Distribution: It occurs through China, Southeast Asia and into Japan and Taiwan.

Habitat: Forest

Life form: Epiphytic

Comments: Pyrrosia lingua is grown as a cultivated plant, and multiple named cultivars have been developed. iNaturalist.org observations of wild plants showthe species growing as a creeping epiphyte, lithophyte and growing in leaf litter on forest floor. The species name means tongue, referring to the leaf shape and texture. This selection has a light yellow cream variegation, more pronounced on the new grown in the spring.