Distinctive in appearance and name, staghorn fern is a species belonging to the genus Platycerium and the family Polypodiaceae. These ferns can be identified by their fronds, which bear an ...

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A: Epiphytic staghorns have two types of fronds: flat, sterile shield fronds and emerging, longer fertile fronds that resemble a stag's horns. It is the flat shield fronds that cling to the surface on ...

hat do staghorns, rabbit’s foot and holly have in common? They are all unusual forms of ferns, so named for the odd yet attractive structures that set them apart from the more common house ferns.

Staghorn ferns (Platycerium species) are epiphytes, plants that hold on to tree trunks or branches. They have two kinds of fronds: flat, roundish sterile ones that turn brown and papery as they age, ...

Question: If a piece of staghorn fern falls from the main plant, can it be saved? I have seen them planted in mulch and soil. What is best? Answer: Sometimes staghorn ferns begin to fall apart with ...

Q. I have a large staghorn fern that needs to be separated but before I do this I would like to get rid of the ants that have infested it. How can I do this safely? Is there any way of keepng them out ...

High in the forest canopy, a mass of strange ferns grips a tree trunk, looking like a giant tangle of floppy, viridescent antlers. Below these fork-leaved fronds and closer into the core of the lush ...

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It’s just a plant — but one that takes me back to the traumatic adolescence I tried so hard to escape. By Julie Buckner Armstrong I didn’t want the staghorn fern, but the thought of owning one made my ...