I've had a Kangaroo Paw Fern since 2005 and find it a very easygoing plant. It looks great in a hanging basket or as a stand alone specimen plant and does well in bright indirect light to full shade. This fern can receive a bit of filtered early morning sunlight, but if left in direct sun the foliage will burn. This fern is epiphytic, so if grown as a container plant it requires a well draining potting medium; if the soil is kept too wet and soggy it will cause root rot and the eventual demise of the plant. I've read that this fern should be fertilized regularly, but I've never fed my plant and it seems to thrive and has grown from a small little plant in a 4" pot to a good sized plant in its current 28" container.

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