Microsorum pteropus 'Petite' is commonly known as the Java Fern Petite. It was named after the Indonesian island of Java, can be found in Malaysia, Thailand, Northeast India, and parts of China. It's a plant with a lot of various geographic variants, all with different leaf sizes and shapes.
Microsorum pteropus 'Petite' has small leaves, stay small and compact. It looks best in a group and provided many covers for young shrimp, fish to call home.
There are lots of different varieties of Microsorum species including but not limited to hardy leaf, soft leaf, narrow leaf, broad leaf, petite leaf, long leaf, wavy leaf, trident leaf, etc. Like any other Microsorum species, Java Fern Petite can be attached to driftwood, stone, rock, and other aquarium decorations.
