Java Fern Lace Windelov (Mini Size)

Finely forked, lace-like leaf tips — at nano scale. Leptochilus pteropus 'Windelov' is the Java Fern whose fronds split into fine crests instead of ending in a point. This is the mini grade, sold as a small portion for bonsai trees, shrimp tanks and detailed hardscape work.

What You'll Receive

• Sold as small, mini-size bare-root portion
• Perfect to attached to stone, driftwood or decoration

Plant Profile

• Common name — Lace Windelov Java Fern (Mini Size), also known as Lacy Java Fern
• Scientific name — Leptochilus pteropus 'Windelov' (syn. Microsorum pteropus)
• Origin — Cultivated form; the species is native to Southeast Asia
• Placement — Foreground to midground, attached to driftwood, stone or décor
• Mature height — 2-4 inches
• Growth rate — Slow

Care

• Difficulty — Beginner
• Light — Low to medium
• CO₂ — Not required
• Water — 68-82°F, pH 6.0-7.5, soft to moderately hard
• Substrate — Not required. Epiphyte — tie or glue the rhizome to hardscape and never bury it.
• Growth habit — Amphibious; grows emersed as well as submersed
• Propagation — Rhizome division, plus plantlets from mature leaves

Grower's Notes

• Mini is a shipped grade, not a different plant. This is a small portion of 'Windelov' — it will keep growing. Buy it to fill fine detail work or to spread across several small mounts cheaply, not on the assumption it stays two inches forever.
• The crested tips are the whole point. Set it where it is seen close up — the front of a bonsai branch, a nano scape, the leading edge of a hardscape. At the back of a large tank the detail disappears and a plain Java Fern would do the same job for less.
• Never bury the rhizome. Roots may go into substrate; the green horizontal stem must stay in open water or it rots — the single most common way a Java Fern is killed.
• Keep the light modest. Java Fern grows too slowly to outgrow algae, and algae in a finely branched leaf tip is close to impossible to clean out. Shade is the defense.
• Black spots on old leaves are baby plants, not disease. Leave a spotted leaf in place until each plantlet has roots and two or three leaves, then detach and attach it elsewhere.

Want the full-size version? See Java Fern Lace Windelov.

Want to go deeper? Read our complete Java Fern Care Guide.

Notes

Disclaimer: Pictures are not the actual plants you will receive, but a sample representation. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be free of pests, and pesticides, grow emerged or submerge.

Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.

At a glance

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Good to know

• Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
• Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
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