All the most auithoritative books say you should plant ferns in the dark...ahem. It obviously didn't work on this little beauty (which I acquired from my mother - and which is why I don't know what it is) which hated this bright, dry, sunny location (hmmm I wonder why). You will be pleased to hear it has been rehomed in a loving tender moist (ish) shady (sort of) semi-woodland bed. Where it is thriving.