Growing to only around six inches in height, a single frond is on display. One of our more colorful natives, it emerges a pinkish-mahagony. As winter progresses the fern turns to a deeper bronze with pink to red overtones. Get this one from a friend's garden with a ball of soil for it needs a second party present to feed. Orchids have fascinating foliage during winter months.
Leaves form a basal rosette reaching around two inches.
The downy foliage is a bright green in color with a white stripe down the midrib. Shape is elliptical, heavily veined with a pleated appearance. Color is a blackish-green having warty dark spots in between the pleats with a reverse side of rich purple. There is a bonus of blooms come August. One leaf emerges during autumn to show off over winter and into early spring.