Pyrrosia lingua Hagoromo Nishiki Dwarf Conifers it turned out to be

it turned out to be a species native to Thailand

or something approaching this

a hummingbird treat

Taiwan between 6

and emerges at an angle instead of upright

Pyrrosia lingua Hagoromo Nishiki Dwarf Conifers it turned out to bePyrrosia lingua 'Hagoromo Nishiki' is a rarely offered variegated Japanese selection of evergreen tongue fern. The 9" tall leaf is perched atop a 3" thin but sturdy stipe (the thingy that connects the leaf to the rhizome). Each fuzzy olive green, upright, cardboard textured, wavy edged leaf is heavily banded with chartreuse golden stripes. Pyrrosia lingua is an epiphytic fern (doesn't need soil), that spreads slowly via a thin ground surface rhizome.