Alsophila Species, Brush Pot Tree, Flying Spider-Monkey Tree Fern

Cyathea lepifera is native to Taiwan, southern China, the Philippines, New Guinea, and the Ryukyu Islands (Japan).

It is l...Read Moreisted in the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants as rare.

Cyathea are listed on CITES Appendix II.

Though I have never grown this tree, it is grown here and there in southern California (U.S.) I like it most because of its weird common...Read More name, after the twisted croziers (the new unfurling fronds-look like monkey arms). It's a native of Japan and the Philippines. The fuzz (scales) on the trunk can be almost white.