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title: "Hi Fern Friends, Does this look like a Japanese holly fern to you?…"
description: "Hi Fern Friends, Does this look like a Japanese holly fern to you? That’s the closest ID the greenhouse employees and I came up with. The tag isn’t specific.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/NiZALrtASBeROEC20lQA3w/yz5jkk_4TmaM2OZ9AhQeng"
community: "Fern Friends"
author: "Mads"
published: "2024-05-07T19:33:04.880767Z"
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# Hi Fern Friends, Does this look like a Japanese holly fern to you?…

_Posted by Mads on 2024-05-07_

Hi Fern Friends,

Does this look like a Japanese holly fern to you? That’s the closest ID the greenhouse employees and I came up with. The tag isn’t specific.

I’ve tagged my confirmed JHF for comparison. This new plant’s leaves are much softer/fleshier than mine, but that may be because they’re not as mature?

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/F3A6oDxB5AFrwMY-8AmGdM9PkD4LkZ4epCTa5XS85C4/B9d2NFtHRCqkVks7d893_Q.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/F3A6oDxB5AFrwMY-8AmGdM9PkD4LkZ4epCTa5XS85C4/EHAYjm85QW6nDndLRuIowg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/F3A6oDxB5AFrwMY-8AmGdM9PkD4LkZ4epCTa5XS85C4/iOWD6tfvQRyYC_Vouo5syw.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Saarah Aamilah commented on 2024-05-07

It does look similar to the Japanese Holly fern you already have but the way the leaves come from the stem looks a bit different if that makes sense! And yours has black stems and this plant doesn’t. It might be some kind of similar variety though!

#### Saarah Aamilah replied on 2024-05-07

When I scan your plants picture with Planta it does say that it is a Japanese holly fern, so this might just be what the immature version looks like!

#### Mads replied on 2024-05-07

That’s what I was thinking… I couldn’t find anything similar… thanks! ☺️

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