I'm really not a re what this plant even is, but I'm a bit worried by these little things under the leaves… Is this a pest or am I am idiot who doesn't know plants?
I've only just bought this plant and am also doubting that it's what the label says it is.
It's been watered once or twice and gets indirect light.
Please help as I don't want to put it in with my other bits and have it infest everything.
Also feel free to laugh at me if this is a dumb question…
by random_female_poster
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Spores! No worries 💚
It’s a fern. Judging by the look of them, I’d say those are spores. Nothing to worry about. That’s normal for ferns.
Ma’am/sir, you are exposing your fern’s no-no bits to the world.
In short: fern seeds
What you’re looking at is type of fern. Ferns belong to one of the oldest groups of plants on Earth, known as *Pteridophytes*.
They are so old that they exist long before the evolution of flowering plants (angiosperms) and seeds.
Unlike flowering plants, ferns reproduce using spores instead of seeds. These spores are produced in structures called *sporangia*, which are often clustered into groups known as *sori* on the undersides of the fronds (fern leaves). That’s what’s going on there.
Spores. You have a very healthy fern!😊
Sporangium specifically iirc