Plants
glaucous; stems slender; capsules with only one peristome layer; leaves
with a very long hairpoint; almost always epiphytic, especially on
tree ferns
-Hymenodon
Plants
yellow-green to dark green stems thicker and stiffer; capsules with two layered
peristome (outer
and inner), leaves without long hairpoint but the nerve may be
extrude far beyond the leaf apex; occupying various substrates
