| Scientific Name: | Asplenium nidus |
| Common Name: | bird's-nest fern |
| Family Name: | Aspleniaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - tropical, Australia / New Zealand, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Frond arrangement reminiscent of a bird's nest, usually unlobed, not divided into pinnae, 50–150cm long x 10–20cm wide, glossy, and darker green to dark red on the "midrib". | |