Mount your fern
Naturally grows on trees, so can be mounted and hung on the wall - creating a stunning and unexpected focal point of your plant collection. Please ensure you’ve researched the best methods for mounting your Staghorn before you do!
Tiny white hairs
The tiny white hairs on the surface of the leaves are meant to be there! (Please don’t dust them off!) They protect the plant from UV rays and pests whilst also helping water to collect in droplets and pool towards the roots.
Keep damp!
Although naturally tolerant of short drought periods, this plant will still do best when watered like other ferns; evenly damp throughout the soil, and additional humidity where possible
staghorn fern
Plant Bio
Native to regions within Oceania and South Eastern Asia, predominantly growing in and on the peripheries of rainforests.
Both the Latin names for this plant are in reference to the fertile, staghorn-like fronds: the genus name is Greek, with ‘platy’ meaning ‘flat’ and ‘ceras’ meaning ‘horn’. The specie name, ‘bifurcatum’ means bifurcated, or forked.
Part of the Polypodiaceae family, where most of the 1,650 species are epiphytic, not terrestrial.
Other common names include: Elkhorn Fern, Common Staghorn Fern.
STAGHORN FERN
Care Tips
Light | Growing halfway up trees, under the protective layer of a canopy, the Staghorn Fern requires filtered, bright light to survive, with no reliance on direct sunlight - though it can tolerate up to half an hour of non-intense sunshine.
Water | Not dissimilar to most other fern species, the Staghorn Fern thrives in consistently damp (not waterlogged) soil.
Humidity | A Staghorn fern will never complain about high humidity, so placing it near other plants or a humidifier or on a pebble tray will help it thrive.
Temperature | Surprisingly, the Staghorn Fern is tolerant down to 5℃. However, for best growth, please keep them in temperatures of between 10-22℃.