A maidenhair fern visits the kitchen window

I moved this maidenhair fern from its regular summer position in the shade of the front window sill as it doesn't like the central heating which has just started to be turned on occasionally. So when I came to make a slice of toast and a boiled egg for lunch my eye was taken by its delicate fronds gently waving in front of the red virginia creeper which our neighbour grows on the fence outside.

I have had this plant, or at least some of its antecedents, for decades as it seems to keep sending out its spores around the house, and they then seem to spring up in odd plant pots as volunteers. You can probably see the spores have formed in the leaf ends and the process will start again.

From a website:
The genus name of the maidenhair fern, Adiantum, is derived from the Greek word ‘Adiantos’ - meaning ‘unwetted’ - as the leaves of the fern repel water, while the species name is taken from the Latin words ‘capillus’ and ‘veneris’, meaning ‘hair of Venus’, giving this plant its alternative common name, the Venus maidenhair fern

The maidenhair fern reproduces both vegetatively and from spores. It sporulates (produces and disperses spores) during the spring and summer, with the spores of the maidenhair fern produced and contained in structures called sporangia, which are grouped into clusters known as ‘sori’, on the outer edges of the leaflet’s lower surface. The edges of the leaves fold over to form a crescent-shaped protective flap, called an ‘indium’.

Also known as 'Southern maidenhair', 'Venus' hair-fern', 'Venushair' and in France as 'Capillaire de Montpellier' and 'Cheveu-de-venus'.