Fresh Ostrich Ferns 10 bulbs per order. Fancy ornamental ferns Each bulb will grow into many ferns. All bulbs are freshly dug per order in growing condition and will start growing as soon as they are replanted. Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern,[4] fiddlehead fern or shuttlecock fern). It is a crown-forming, colony-forming plant, occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in central and northern Europe,[5] northern Asia,[6] and northern North America.[7] The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words, struthio meaning ostrich and pterion meaning wing. It grows from a completely vertical crown, favoring riverbanks and sandbars, but sends out lateral stolons to form new crowns. It thus can form dense colonies resistant to destruction by floodwaters.