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Golden Hair Dog Fern

Cibotium barometz

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Cibotium sp. Cibotium


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10 Comments

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

haha! i see it as a hairy chicken drumstick soaked in a bowl of gravy! haha!

ArushiMisra
ArushiMisra 12 years ago

Looks like a broom monster of Cartoon Network. :P

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

thank you for those information! will check on those links :)

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

These are gorgeous aren't they. This is most probably Cibotium barometz, which I believe is a protected species but fairly abundant and often sold this way. It has medicinal uses and a fascinating connection to the legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary. Well worth reading up about!
http://www.forestferns.co.uk/tree-ferns/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_L...
http://kericronin.files.wordpress.com/20...

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

it is a part of a tree fern but we are not sure what species it is

CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 12 years ago

It looks like part of a tree fern? Very cool indeed

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

What's that?

alice and nath
alice and nath 12 years ago

whoa!

JulianGalvez
JulianGalvez 12 years ago

What is this I don't even...

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

looks so unusual...how does it feel like?

RianBernal
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RianBernal

Philippines

Spotted on Jun 20, 2011
Submitted on Jun 20, 2011

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