English: Long strap fern.
Clades: Polypodiaceae.
Region: North, Central, and South America, Florida, Caribbean, southeastern Mexico, tropical Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Southeastern United States, Cuba, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Venezuela; Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Virgin Islands; Panama.
Habitat: tropical; well-drained soil; medium of light. It needs to be protected from slugs and snails.
Ecology: epiphyte on Platypodium elegans, Ceiba pentandra, Tabebuia guayacan, Anacardium excelsum, Socratea exorrhiza, Marila laxiflora, Perebea xanthochyma.
Use: ornamental.

BotanyFern; epiphyte, in the canopies of trees.
Root: large rhizome; many fine rootlets covered in dark reddish-brown scales grow.
Leaves: simple; hairless; 45 to 100 cm long, 8 to 12 cm wide.
Sori: round; small; on both sides of lateral veins.