sword fern

We have countless sword ferns. One frond I just saw split near the tip into two separate tips. This seems quite unusual. Any ideas? Thank you.

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#1 Comment By Heather On 06/21/2015 @ 12:26 pm

It is unusual. It is likely just a mutation, known as a sport in the plant world. If the plant looks healthy otherwise, it is just that some code in its DNA got mixed up and created a plant version of a Siamese twin.

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