Microsorum Musifolium Crocodyllus “Crocodile Fern”

Crocodile fern or Microsum musifolium is a tropical rhizomatous plant. The elongated light green leaves have unique dark green veins giving them a crocodile-like segmented appearance. You can grow it in pots or containers for indoor decoration.

Like its namesake, the crocodile fern likes to live in places that are wet and rather dark. That and the scaled texture of its leaves are, thankfully, where the crocodile comparisons end. It draws most of the water and nutrients it needs from the air of the humid forest. When growing it as a houseplant, try to mimic its natural habitat. It’s used to growing in the shade of larger trees, so it’s happy in fairly low light. It loves moist air.