Thank you hari for your suggestion of Nephrolepis. However, I cannot see any that look like it.
Thank you Satish for your suggestiomn of Alsophila. Again I can see nothing like it. If you look at my pics you can see my head in pic 4. The ferns tower above me. But the growth is not with a trunk as tree ferns grow. Each frond is forked and keeps re forking as it get larger. I have tried searching www and the nearest I get is the forked ferns in Gleicheniaceae. Nearest is Diplopterygium .. see image below. http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/robbin/r/Gleicheniaceae_Diplopterygium_bancroftii_5390.html However, I do know ferns are very very difficult to id especially from a few amateur images. I do not know whether the above ferns even grow in India. I was hoping that there might be an expert with local knowledge of the ferns that grow near Lava that would immediately say what it is. Thank you for looking and your help. Sheila. . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Oct 31, 1:43 pm, Satish Chile <chilesat...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it assumes tree size, it may be Alsophila sp. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:39 PM, hari lal <taxo....@gmail.com> wrote: > > nephrolepsis sorry for earliar > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:35 PM, hari lal <taxo....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> i think nepenthes sps > > >> On Mon, Oe sizct 31, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Plantaholic Sheila < > >> luddite1...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > >>> Please can someone give me the name of this giant fern. > >>> Thank you. > >>> Sheila. > > >>> Date/Time-......15th April 2011. > > >>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-... Near Neora Jungle camp. Near Lava. > >>> West Bengal. Fairly high up. > > >>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-..... Wild. Besides a track through > >>> the forest. > > >>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- ......Fern > > >>> Height/Length-...... Giant 8ft plus maybe. > > >>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-... See pic. > > >> -- > >> HARI SHANKAR LAL > >> AT-SHIV KUTIR > >> PO-BARA BAZAR > >> DIST-HAZARIBAG > >> PIN-825301 > >> JHARKHAND,INDIA > >> MOBILE-9431530563 > >> email-taxo....@gmail.com > > > -- > > HARI SHANKAR LAL > > AT-SHIV KUTIR > > PO-BARA BAZAR > > DIST-HAZARIBAG > > PIN-825301 > > JHARKHAND,INDIA > > MOBILE-9431530563 > > email-taxo....@gmail.com > > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
