Platycerium Bifucatum - Staghton Fern
Platyceriums – Staghorn ferns easies species to grow! Spectacular and dramatic plants. The huge green fronds bear little resemblance to ferns, being solid and multi branched like the antlers of a stag. They came from tropical rainforest where are growing on a pieces of bark trees.
You can try yourself make some nice hanging piece of wood with attached staghorn
They can grow up to 90cm long. The long decorative fronds grow from a single shield (is light green when is young and becomes brown with age and is continually being replacement. Other interested thing is – they are covered with thin layer of while powdery scales (is not a dust! Don’t clean it :) –silvery look.\
LIGHT: bright but not direct light
TEMP: 13’-24’C
WATER: water when the soil is completely dried out
CARE:Feeding: when plant is growing add some plant food
Humidity: high humidity - spray with water every dayPests and diseases: scale insects
pot size:12 cm
Height: 30 cm
Platycerium Bifucatum - Staghton Fern
Platycerium
Platycerium – staghorn fern
- Height up to 30-1.5m
- Temperature minimum 13 ‘C
- Bright no direct light
- Well drained
- FERN
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