States of emergency declared as Cyclone Cook bears down on New Zealand

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17. They don't like wind and need lots of water.

The wind can make them look terrible, break fronds, rag out the leaves, etc. A lot ferns are understory plants so maybe they they get protection.

That's cool about the plantlets growing on the fronds. I know they form spores on their leaves and I watched a video one time on how to capture them and grow them out in peat moss. Sterile was a word used a lot.

Some species will sucker out from the base or the trunk, especially if it's top is lost or cut off.

Beautiful plant but delicate is my impression