Bush Walk & Talk 3

I learnt the name of this fern after our walk as well - a thread fern or panako. I'm not sure whether this particular specimen was a vine or an epiphyte but I was fascinated to find out that about half of New Zealand's native plant species are capable of growing epiphytically.



I haven't worked out what type of fern this is but I did learn that the unfurling end is known as a fiddlehead. And that it's edible.



This was the easiest of all the plants to identify and name - the five finger. The Maori name is a bit more difficult to master though - whauwhaupaku.