Staghorn

[LJA]

The one fern I grow on purpose. Others come in as spores on the orchid bark and start growing in the orchid pots--rabbit's foot fern, Boston fern-- but this one's deliberate.

Pic two is the underside of a female leaf, showing spores at the tips. For the longest time I thought this was developing fungus, and I sprayed and sprayed.... You can shake these down over an upside-down clay pot set in a saucer of water so it stays damp, and they'll sprout.

[TundraKev]

Nice. That's a greenhouse plant for sure. I don't know why or how people grow these in a house. For some reason I just can't picture one of those hanging on the living room wall.

[bench72]

Nice one, Louis... I've always wanted one of these. That looks like quite a nice size for it too.. must be a few years old. And those spores do look kinda fungus scary... good to know now that if and when I get one, I won't have to worry bout those growths...

Cheers
Tim

[Gin]

Wish I had known about the spores , I had one in Ca. thought it was dying . That is a beauty ! Gin

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Well we have been growing the staghorn beastie for awhile now and the spores finally made babies...

Take a look...

grown plant


baby on the pot of a cattleya


baby up close


We have about four of these that we have found. I will take them out of the cattleya pots and mount them as soon as they are bigger. I will probably put them up on OrchidBids for trade too cause we do not have the room for more of these monsters!

Cheers!
BD

[sake of silence]

My friend had these growing in his greenhouse, but they propagate like weeds. Can you imagine these growing instead of a little oxalis?