![]() Despite its origin, it is very adaptable and can withstand long cool winters even without fronds, little heat is needed to stimulate new growth. They can grown on the ground or on trees as an epiphyte. It is found in rainforests at elevations of 305 to 1,830 metres (1,001 to 6,004 ft). Habitat Ĭibotium menziesii is endemic to the windward portions of the main Hawaiian islands. The side shoots off the main trunk are also viable but need to be cut close to the trunk. For domestic and commercial reproduction, spores are collected from the lower fronds of the plant, which are heated, treated with water and kept refrigerated. This species reproduces through the use of spores, which form at and are released from the end of the fronds. The fronds are singularly divided but divide at the end where the spores form. Stems are covered in red or black bristles. The green fronds have yellow midribs and are paler on the underside. The trunk is made of stiff hard fibres surrounding a starchy pith in the centre. Hāpuʻu ʻiʻi can grow up to 35 feet (11 m) tall but are usually 7 to 25 feet (2.1 to 7.6 m) in height with a diameter of nearly 3 feet (0.91 m), making it Hawaiʻi's largest tree fern. It is also known as the male tree fern, and Cibotium glaucum is deemed the female tree fern due to differences in color. ![]() It is named after the Scottish naturalist Archibald Menzies. Cibotium menziesii, the hāpuʻu ʻiʻi or Hawaiian tree fern, is a species of tree fern that is endemic to the islands of Hawaiʻi. ![]()
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