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*GROWN ON OUR FARM HERE IN TENNESSEE*
Although the fern can look like a tangle of antlers at first, on closer inspection one can see the impressive 'nest' frond which can be 1m across at maturity. This 'nest' frond is designed to collect falling leaves and insects. These give the fern a valuable source of potassium and calcium, nutrients required for the production of their large fronds. It is from this frond that the fern attaches itself to the host tree. It protectively wraps around the rhizome and short roots, clasping onto the furrows in the bark with root like structures.
Staghorn ferns are epiphytic perennials or "air" plants. Staghorns are native to jungles in Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Tropical Asia and one species (Andinum) is from South America, Peru and Bolivia..!!! They get their nutrition substantially from the air. Pretty amazing, eh? with no soil
Platycerium superbum (soo-PURR-bum, not SOO-purr-bum) is easily the most sought after species of staghorn !!!!!
Platycerium superbum is very highy prized as an ornamental plant for all gardens!!
Grows on both trees and rocks,and walls
It is a very popular fern that is poached to procure prized specimens.
The Staghorn Fern is very common in cultivation, and is regarded as one of the world's most spectacular ferns!
(These are not terrestrial plants (growing by rooting in the ground) but rather they are like orchids, they are Epiphytes. They grow in the crook of a branch of a tree. They do not put roots into the host, they are not parasites. They only live on the other plant, taking nourishment from the dropping, decaying leaves/insects of the host plant.)
(Staghorns are native to jungles in Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Tropical Asia and one species (Andinum) is from South America, Peru and Bolivia.
They are Truly magnificent! , and grow more grander and more dramatic every year.!!!
Zone 8-10 or Indoors
#1228
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