Talk:Osmunda regalis

royal fern
Hi, I feel your Wikipedia writing on the royal fern is really good. I really like how you separated the information into certain sections that it falls into and also went in depth of how the name was given, height and everything. I like how you also included similar species, and went in little detail with it. I feel it would be nice to find out what type soil each specie is in.

AshiaAshia2001 (talk) 02:44, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Highly acidic
Under “Cultivation” it is stated that “Osmunda plants should be planted in highly acidic, moist soil, …”.

The reference given for this, “BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine” (incidentally, “magazine” is incorrectly spelt with a double “z”), recommends only “preferably acid soil”. Another reference given, “RHS Plant Selector”, although not specifically for soil pH, does recommend the soil pH as “Acid, Alkaline, Neutral”.

Osmunda regalis is tolerant of a range of soil pH, so the suggestion it should be planted in “highly acidic” soil is misleading, although damp soil is a requirement. Maidenhair (talk) 18:47, 27 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Have added text reflecting the source, which emphasizes a range of growing conditions. Darorcilmir (talk) 18:56, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Namul
"Seasoned royal fern is also used in the dish Namul in Korean royal court cuisine".

There is no citation for the above claim. Plants of the World Online indicates that O. regalis is not native to Korea, and the nearest country to which it is native is Iran, so it would be unusual if O. regalis were used in Korean cuisine. The species of Osmunda that is native to Korea is O. japonica (Korean: 고비 or gobi), which is an ingredient of Namul.

The claim was probably taken from the page Korean royal court cuisine, where one of the typical vegetables of Namul is named as "royal fern". The wikilink behind this text was corrected from Osmunda regalis to Osmunda japonica, using an edit summary of "point at correct fern species". The text itself was not corrected. Maidenhair (talk) 14:45, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I removed this claim. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:11, 26 April 2022 (UTC)