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Staghorn Fern On Wooden Plaque (Platycerium bifurcatum)

Staghorn Fern On Wooden Plaque (Platycerium bifurcatum)

SKU: L6571

Approximately 8" x 12" plaque

A large, majestic Staghorn Fern is nicely mounted on this handcut wooden plaque. The basal fronds that hold tightly to the tree or board protect the roots from damage and drying out. The fertile fronds have the unusual antler shape that gives this fern its name. It’s best to hang it up similar to how it grows in its natural habitat in the tropical rainforests. Staghorn ferns need cycles of soaking and drying out. This can be done by soaking the Staghorn in water and then letting it dry out. It can grow happily for several years in a bright window with direct sunlight or outdoors in the summer months in indirect sun by hanging the wooden plaque on a tree. This is a large fern plant, as shown in the photo, mounted on a wooden plaque. Wooden plaque measures approximately 8” x 12”.

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Light Requirements
  • Partial Sun
Plant Height (mature height when grown in a container)
18"
Minimum Indoor Temperature

50

Plant Hardiness Zone
  • 10
Plant Care

How to Mount your Staghorn Fern

Materials Needed:• Mono-filament fishing line• Slatted mounting board or box (12” x 12”).   Use pressure treated lumber, cedar, or teak.   Other woods can rot over time• Sphagnum moss• Heavy-duty tacks or staple gun

 

Steps to Mount:1. If you’re mounting small “pup” plants, cut behind the sterile shield frond to remove the rhizome root along with the young plant. If you’re dividing a mother plant, cut behind the shield frond and lift out some of the shield frond and its roots.

 

2. Mound up a couple handfuls of sphagnum moss onto the mounting board. If your frond shield is very large use a larger mounting board.

 

3. Bury the roots in the moss.

 

4. Press the frond shield onto the mounded moss so it makes good contact.

 

5. Staple the mono-filament line behind the mounting board. Wrap the line around the board 3 times under the long fertile fronds and 3 times above the fertile fronds. Once secured, staple the mono-filament line to the back side of the board making sure its tight.

 

6. When a Staghorn is first mounted to a plaque, the mono-filament line will be visible. As the shields grow, they will hide the line.

 

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