Botanical Name: Platycerium bifurcatum
Common Name: Staghorn fern Type of Plant: perennial: fern Character evergreen Habit of Growth: Overall Shape odd, spreading plant with long, forked drooping fronds extending from a rosette of flattened, rounded fronds – sends out offsets around base Height 3-6' Spread 6' or more Growth Rate slow-moderate Environment: Exposure outdoor prefers part shade - takes sun at the coast Soil small amount of highly organic soil Hardiness tolerates some frost to 22 (zones 15-17, 19-24) Morphology: Leaves grayish green, tomentose-sterile fronds rounded with undulate margins; fertile fronds drooping to 3'; divided into narrow segments Flowers none; sori in terminal patches under frond tips; become brown when ripe Fruit none Propagation: spore, division Usage: usually mounted on boards, bark or wired to trees. Sometimes grown in hanging baskets – good for patios, shady areas Landscape Care: Watering keep on the dry side – allow soil to dry between waterings Fertilizing high potassium fertilizer every 2 mos. during growing seas. Pruning remove dead fronds – divide if too large Pests/Diseases mealybug, scale Origin: Australia/Polynesia Family: Polypodiaceae Notes: |
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