Dipteris conjugata, commonly known as Broad-Leaf Fern, is a perennial herbaceous fern with a creeping rhizome covered in black shiny hairs or reddish-brown hairlike scales. It is native to tropical rainforests and moist, shaded areas in Southeast Asia and Australasia. The fern produces 2-3 tall stems with mid-green to dark green fronds that can reach up to 1 meter wide. These fronds are divided to the base into two spreading fan-shaped halves, further divided more than halfway into 4 or more unequal lobes, which are again less deeply lobed once or more times. The fronds are paler or glaucous underneath, with numerous small sori on the lower surface, which are irregularly scattered and of irregular size and shape, indicating its reproductive strategy.

The Broad-Leaf Fern is appreciated for its lush, tropical appearance and the architectural quality of its fronds, making it a popular choice for shaded garden areas, ferneries, and as an underplanting in subtropical and tropical landscapes. It is generally easy to maintain, mostly disease and pest resistant, and can adapt to a range of soil conditions from poor to well-drained. In cultivation, it thrives best in full sun to part shade, with medium amounts of water, and in soils with slow to medium drainage. While not commonly known for its flowers, as ferns do not produce flowers, its fronds are highly decorative and provide year-round interest.CC BY-SA 4.0