standoyo

is there such thing as mini bolbitis?
there's a bigger and smaller one apparently...
here's a pix of the smaller one...about 5 in wide and 8 in long triangular fronds

budak

I doubt so. It's probably just younger plants versus fully grown matured specimens in optimal conditions.

Cavan Allen

I agree. I've seen some Bolbitis that definitely look different from others (including the 'small form' with the shorter petiole), but given the right conditions and time, they all get fairly large. I sure would be pretty nice if there was a form that stayed really small.

bensaf

Somebody in Jakarta has been trying to sell me "Mini Bolbitis" for a while.

Swears it stays smaller and brighter green. Never got to have a look at it.

Maybe I should look and try some, see how it turns out. He's had it a few months.

budak

There are other species of Bolbitis around, e.g. B. heteroclita... as well as ferns that superficially resemble Bolbitis (e.g. Trichomanes sp.).

standoyo

hi bensaf,

could his name be wie wie?
btw...i'm in jkt now. i got some from wie wie but all mixed up with the bigger ones now.
so i'm just curious to whether is there really such a thing as a mini...

i believe brighter green leaves are due to brighter lighting.

standoyo

hi this is close up of the leaf on bolbitis minor

standoyo

here is close up of bolbitis major.

i notice quite a big difference in leaf structure.

friend has kept the minor one for more than 5 months and they remain small...so maybe there's a valid minor or major.

ranmasatome

My bolbitis leaves are those shown as "minor" and they are rather large... dont think you can call them..."minor"

standoyo

relatively then