Common Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Fern
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:	Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height:	2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread:	2 to 3 feet
Leaves:	Evergreen
Suitable Locations:	Houseplant
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods:	Offsets Other: Remove plantlet using knife
Containers:	Suitable for hanging baskets Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Epiphytic

Common names

Common Staghorn Fern
Elkhorn Fern
Antelope Ears

Photo Gallery

Location: My backyard
Date: 2013-07-15
Staggie is about ten years old, started with 2 small pups - 6ft i

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-08-22
Photo taken at Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens, Port Orange, Florida

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Location: Sydney Australia
Date: 2019-08-20
One of two growing/surrounding on Bangalow

Uploaded by yowie

Location: Palm Coast, FL zone 9a-9b
Date: 2018-05-09
This is hanging in Washington Oaks State Park, Palm Coast FL

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Uploaded by purpleinopp

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Location: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Date: April 6 2022

Uploaded by jooshewa

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-10-01
Reverse side of leaves/fronds showing brown Sporangia/Spores

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2019-04-02

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2015-05-20
Growing around a Pine Tree

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2019-01-06

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Date: 2014-08-13
Baby staghorn in recycled fan "cage"

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-08-22
Time to raise it up higher, And clean out more Spanish Moss

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Location: Yarriabini N.P., N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2014-10-21

Uploaded by carolem

Location: Northridge, CA
Date: 2012-01-01
Staghorn at my aunt's garden

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Location: my garden, Florida
Date: 2018-07-05

Uploaded by wilmarosebud

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-02-24
Growing on a dead palm stump.

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-06-09
Close up of Sporangia/Spores

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Location: Southwest Florida
Date: summer 2010
These plants ideally live in the crook of a tree, or hang from on

Uploaded by Dutchlady1

Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

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Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08

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Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

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Location: Under my shadehouse roof
Date: 2012-09-24
My 15 year old staghorn brought from Miami to Jacksonville, Flori

Uploaded by homerduck

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-07-19

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Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2016-04-16

Uploaded by SongofJoy

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Location: Quad Cities Botanical Garden Rock Is., Il.
Date: 2011-07-02

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-12-30
A new basal frond emerging

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-01-16

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Location: Tampa FL
Date: 2019-06-14
Seedlings growing on palm trunks.

Uploaded by ScotTi

Location: Planterra Conservatory, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-07-09

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-06-09
Reverse side of Fertile Frond showing Sporangia

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Tampa FL
Date: 2019-06-08
Underside of fertile leaf showing non mature sporangia

Uploaded by ScotTi

Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-15
neighbor's fern

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Uploaded by lauriebasler

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-06-01
Growing on a dead Palm stump.

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-09-19

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2015-05-20
Growing on a palm tree stump

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Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-12-30

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Location: NE., Fl.
Date: 2013-10-21
A very young Staghorn, just before taking out of the pot, to moun

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Location: central Illinois-Washington Park Botanical Garden -Springfield, Il.
Date: 2015-12-05

Uploaded by jmorth

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-07-09
Growing on Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) trunk in the backyard

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-08-25

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Comments:

Posted by homerduck (Middleburg, Florida - Zone 9a) on Sep 27, 2012 1:05 PM concerning plant:

I have to take this one down and protect it on cold winter nights (zone 9a), but it has thrived for the past 15 years.

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Posted by chuck7701 (McKinney, TX (DFW) - Zone 8a) on Mar 22, 2015 10:06 AM concerning plant:

For a comprehensive review on mounting and dividing very large staghorns, go to this link.
http://garden.org/ideas/view/d...

For my next outdoor hanging specimen, I am considering some type of heavy-duty, non-rusting, hanging box-cage type of frame. Will fasten some of my divisions inside the frame structure and just let it grow outward. I won't have to worry about rust, hanging chains, etc., and future plant division will be easier. In my experience, it is best to have a 3-4 chain support for balance and leveling since they will tend to grow lopsided over time.

Will post an image of one to the above mounting link when I build it later this spring. I think an 8-12 inch wide box frame of aluminum or stainless should suffice because I want the fern to encapsulate the frame in a few years, with eye hooks on the corners to easily adjust and secure the chains.

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