Kupukupu fern growing in Pahoehoe lava cracks Volcanoe National Park
In Hawaiian, kupu means "to sprout." Since pre-contact times, hula halau have decorated their altars, and fashioned wrist, ankle, and head lei with the kupukupu fern in the hope that knowledge.
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Common Name: Kupukupu, Narrow Sword Fern, Fishbone Fern Cultivar: N/A Family: Nephrolepidaceae Nephrolepsis cordifolia Photo by Matthew Gaston Native To: Considered Pantropical; Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands, Asia, and Northern Australia. Landscaping Information Plant Type: Fern, Tuberous Texture: Dense, Coarse Form: Upright-Narrow
Garden Notes from Hawaii KUPUKUPU FERN (Nephrolepsis cordifolia)
A lovely clump of Kupukupu fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia) The native flora of Hawai'i have a deserved reputation for being difficult to grow, at least in the context of our artificial suburban landscapes. Most natives evolved in response to the islands many microclimates, and their cultural requirements are specific. They can't survive the.
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Kupukupu fern Kupu means to sprout. Traditionally kupukupu were used to decorate hula altars symbolizing that they were places of learning, or sprouting knowledge. Image Photo By/Credit Laurel Smith/USFWS Facility Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Species Nephrolepis cordifolia Media Usage Rights/License Public Domain Subject tags Adaptation
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Kupupukupu (Nephrolepis spp.) are members of Lomariopsidaceae. There are several common naturalized swordferns and will hybridize with the native species. This is the only Nephrolepis species, or swordfern, in Hawaii that produce underground tubers on the stolons.
Kupukupu (Nephrolepis Cordifolia) Tuber Sword Fern, is a Fern in Stock
At least 5 Nephrolepis (sword fern) species are indigenous to Hawaii; their characteristics, uses, and horticulture are described.
Kupukupu Fern, Big Island Photo Resource Hawaii
Kupukupu is a medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic fern with erect, narrow fronds 1-2 feet tall composed of many smaller pinnae, they are glossy and yellowish-green to dark green. Kupukupu forms scaly tubers on its root system, the tubers store food and new ferns can develop from them.
Nephrolepis (kupukupu fern) Kipahoehoe Natural Area Rese… Flickr
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We used the Kupu Kupu fern. We were taught, by a Hawaiian Kumu from a long lineage of Hawaiian Kumus, that the Kupu Kupu fern is not the same as the Boston Fern. The fern in your photo looks to be a Boston Fern; the Kupu Kupu fern looks very different when observed closely. Where as the frond of the Boston Fern is much wider at it's base, the.
Native Forest Exhibit — Kona Historical Society
Kupu means "to sprout" or "to grow" in Hawaiian. The kupukupu fern teaches growth, resilience, and renewal in the face of great change. "The kupukupu fern is one of the first plants to bring life back to the land after a lava flow.
Kupukupu fern « Maui Cultural Lands
The Kupukupu fern's ability to climb and sprout symbolizes growth and knowledge. The most distinguishing characteristic of this fern is that it is the only species of Nephrolepis in Hawaii to have underground tubers that develop on the stolons, which offer a means to store food, as well as a reproductive system from which new ferns develop.
Kupukupu fern, Lehua, plumeria tattoo with 'Iwa bird and waves Fern
Scientific Name: Nephrolepis cordifolia Indigenous: All HI Description: A type of sword fern with erect fronds standing 1-2 ft. tall and 2-3 inches wide. Each frond is comprised of many smaller pinnae (frondlets), each about 1-11/2 inches long and about ¼ inch wide.
Hawaii Horticulture A Native Fern for Everyone
Kupukupu is an indigenous fern (found in Hawaii and other regions of the world) that is scientifically known as Nephrolepis cordifolia. The name "Cordifolia" translates as "heart-leaved," which seems a little strange given that the leaves are not truly heart-shaped. The leaves, or fronds, are entirely sword-shaped.
Native Hawaiian Bonsai Kupukupu fern, Ohi'a Lehua trees, Native Kalo
The Kupukupu fern has two species that are native to Hawaiʻi. They were planted by hula dancers in hopes to kupu (sprout) knowledge, and represents the start of a new beginning.
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Kupukupu Fern is a common fern throughout the tropical areas of the world. We have a native species here in Hawaii, hence the Hawaiian name. However, there are other commercial varieties that have been brought into the islands with a lot of interbreeding going on so not all so called Kupukupu is actually a native type.
Nephrolepsis cordifolia (Kupukupu)
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