Quote Originally Posted by mauraec View Post
Let's see, what would be an appropriate term for growing on a staghorn fern: !
I am only an associate member of the Pteridophile ** community , so don't know/can't remember if I ever did know (!) , the section/division etc name for stag-horn ferns. But I don't think we have to be too specialist do we ? E.g we say "lithophitic" and not alkali metal sedimentary stratum -lithophilic for a plant growing on limestone ; so lets just say that any orchid growing on any fern is pteridophilic.

Information overload ? - no, you are just being modest Maura.....


**The UK Fern club is called The British Pteridological Society