How can a fern plant reproduce sexually?

Not all fronds contain spores. Fronds with spores are known as fertile fronds. Through a circuitous process, a spore can grow into an adult fern. It needs the right conditions to grow into a plantlet called gametophyte or prothallus. Spores behave like a seed, although a full adult plant is what grows from the seed. The prothallus grows from a spore. read more

Like many other plants, ferns can reproduce by sexual or asexual methods. But it is their unusual bi-generational life cycle that is characteristic of ferns. Depending on fern type, they can reproduce by spores, rhizomes, offsets or stems. read more