Asplenium antiquum 'Osaka' is a cultivar of Asplenium antiquum Makino. It is a slow-growing, epiphytic fern of the spleenwort family noted for foliage with very attractive wavy margins. Fronds spread upward and outward to form a vase-shaped, green rosette with a nest-like center into which fallen leaves and other organic matter typically accumulate. Undersides often display sori (clusters of sporangia) arranged in herringbone fashion in straight black lines from the central mid-rib to the frond margin. The 'Osaka' cultivar is a compact variety with truly wavy leaf margins.
The genus name Asplenium comes form Latin asplēnum, form Greek asplēnon spleenwort, form a- not + splēn spleen (form its reputed medicinal properties).
Asplenium antiquum 'Osaka'
Asplenium antiquum 'Osaka' is ca.40 cm tall/ long and comes in a 15 cm pot
