Japan Flora: Evergreen pendulous rhizomatous epiphyte; sterile blades tufted, green, rather fleshy, linear to ribbonlike, 30-80 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, obtuse to rounded at apex, slightly narrowed toward the base, flat, unlobed or more often 1 or 2 times forked at tip, entire or subentire, margins somewhat whitish, the nerves dender, parallel in lower half, the veinlets anastomosing; peduncle of fertile blade on the upper side of frond near the middle, arcuate, rather stout, thickened above, simple or once forked, 1-4 cm. long; fertile spikes linear, straight, slightly flattened, with a deep groove on each side, 5-10 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, obtuse with a small blackish mucro at apex. Tree trunks.

Kyushu (Yakvshima); rather rare. Ryukyus, Formosa, Philippines, Mal­aysia to India, Polynesia, and Australia.