Ferns and bromeliads at Lotusland

On Monday I shared photos of the spiky plants at Lotusland (as seen during my November 2023 visit), today we'll have a look at the ferns and bromeliads...My entire visit that day was limited to just two hours and I hadn't earmarked the fern garden as a "must see". Thank goodness I ended up with a few extra minutes and was able to dash thru this special—but frequently overlooked—part of the garden. 
I don't recall seeing this palm (?) trunk used as a mount for staghorn ferns on my previous visits.
I love it!

More tree ferns, perhaps Sphaeropteris cooperi, synonym Cyathea cooperi?
Pyrrosia lingua I believe.
Looks like something that would be called a bird's nest fern, but it's definitely not a Asplenium nidus.
I wonder what the weight of one of those hanging staghorns is?


Here's a small one just getting started. You can kind of make out the cage holding the plants together.
This part of the garden would be nothing without the huge old trees to support the epiphytic ferns. One of them came down with the heavy rains earlier this year. I believe they were able to rescue the fern however.
Niphidium crassifolium
We've moved to the bromeliads now.
I think this may have been the first time I've walked this part of Lotusland without extreme shadows. The high filtered light was lovely.



I can't give you names of these plants, just think of it as a dreamy photo essay...




Oh! This one I know, or at least I suspect. It's got to be a pyrrosia but I don't know what species has such ultra-thin leaves.

Check out that variegated fruit!






Thanks Lotusland, you're always a special place to visit.