Odd Java Fern Leaf Split In 2

[JustAFishServant]

Hey all - just got a new java fern for cheap from my new favorite LPS and divided it into 11 plantlets. The biggest java fern leaf is essentially split into 2...really cool phenomenon! Just wanted to ask if anyone else has seen a java fern leaf like this!

For context, I've been keeping aquatic plants for 8 yrs. I've kept at least 4 or 5 varieties of java fern. I know this could be the Forked variety, but it's quite rare. My first plant I'd ever bought I still have today; a rescue Windelov java fern that has grown into an 8" ball and produced many, many plantlets.

Thanks all

 

[CMT]

I see it with my java fern from time to time. Not regularly but it definitely happens. I occasionally have even had a double fork that looks kind of like a maple leaf.

 

[Fishfur]

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Hey all - just got a new java fern for cheap from my new favorite LPS and divided it into 11 plantlets. The biggest java fern leaf is essentially split into 2...really cool phenomenon! Just wanted to ask if anyone else has seen a java fern leaf like this!

For context, I've been keeping aquatic plants for 8 yrs. I've kept at least 4 or 5 varieties of java fern. I know this could be the Forked variety, but it's quite rare. My first plant I'd ever bought I still have today; a rescue Windelov java fern that has grown into an 8" ball and produced many, many plantlets.

Thanks all

There are multiple cultivars out there with forked fronds and fronds split into lots of them.

Look up varieties like Trident, Sunrise, Thor’s Hammer, and others. Trident comes in a mini form too.

They are probably mutations and I’ve no idea just at this moment if they are strictly clones of mutated ferns or have been raised from spores but I wouldn’t mind finding out which it is.

 

[JustAFishServant]

There are multiple cultivars out there with forked fronds and fronds split into lots of them.

Look up varieties like Trident, Sunrise, Thor’s Hammer, and others. Trident comes in a mini form too.

They are probably mutations and I’ve no idea just at this moment if they are strictly clones of mutated ferns or have been raised from spores but I wouldn’t mind finding out which it is.

You think this is just some weird mutation then? I've been growing java ferns for a long time and I've had many varieties...don't think I usually see leaves like this but, then again, I haven't had java ferns (besides Windelov) in a couple years