Botanical Name: Platycerium superbum
Common Name: Giant staghorn fern
Type of Plant: Fern: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape large epiphytic fern consisting of flattened basal fronds and spreading fertile fronds – both slightly forked
Height to 5'
Spread to 8'
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor patio or greenhouse conditions can be mounted on trees
Soil prefers well-drained sphagnum or peat soil
Hardiness tender
 
Morphology:
Leaves guard fronds large, lobed, fertile fronds wide, fan-shaped, deeply lobed when mature
Flowers sporangia in large patches – no sori cover undersides of large fertile fronds
Fruit
 
Propagation:
spore, division of pups
 
Usage:
mounted on boards, baskets or hanging pots. Can be used on shade trees or as greenhouse specimens
 
Landscape Care:
Watering keep fairly dry – allow to dry slightly between waterings
Fertilizing high potassium fertilizer every 2-3 months
Pruning remove dead fronds, remove pups if large, symmetrical plant
Pests/Diseases scale
Special Conditions/Other hybrids and unnamed varieties are common
 
Origin: Australia/New Zealand
Family: Polypodiaceae

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