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Can you identify this houseplant?

Hi Judy,
A friend bought this at a bazaar and asked if I could help him identify it. I am not familiar with it and didn’t find it in your photo gallery of popular houseplants. Any help you could provide would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Sandy,

Long green wavy leaves on Bird's Nest Fern

Bird’s Nest Fern

I think your plant looks like a Victoria Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium antiquum ‘Victoria. Here is a picture of that plant. My only concern is that in your picture the color of the leaves seems very dark green and these plants usually have bright green leaves. Please let me know what you think.

There are care tips on how to grow a Bird’s Nest Fern in the Popular Houseplants section of the website. The picture is of a different variety of Bird’s Nest Fern but the care is the same.

https://www.houseplant411.com/houseplant/birds-nest-fern-how-to-grow-care