Lights & Water
Light: Bright indirect sunlight
Watering: Water once a week
Where to grow: Bright indoors
Maintenance: Temperamental
Special feature: Air purificaiton
Plant Essentials
Bird's Nest Fern requires fertilization only once a month with a controlled liquid fertilizer. When the roots of your Birds Nest Fern have outgrown the pot, repot it. It can be propagated using spores or by dividing and replanting the plant.
Common Problems
1. Why are my Bird's Nest Fern plant's leaves turning pale?
Too much exposure to direct sunlight. How can I make my Bird's Nest Fern bushy? Bird's Nest Fern has optimum conditions of indirect bright sunshine and humidity.
Style and Decor
The Fern can tolerate bright filtered to medium light but will burn if exposed to direct sunlight. It is ideal for homes with a warm colour scheme, it also looks great in white or chrome planters in urban spaces. In areas where space is limited, it is an excellent complement to hanging planters. The bird's nest fern looks absolutely stunning in cane planters.