Elkhorn Fern Propagation
Each plant is composed of a mass of plantlets.
Elkhorn fern propagation. Antler like fronds give staghorn fern its common name. Its also known as elkhorn fern. Staghorns grow as epiphytes in tropical australia growing on tree trunks. In australia staghorn ferns platycerium superbum emphasis on the second syllable of the second word and elkhorn ferns platycerium bifurcatum are.
A fully grown staghorn fern can make an outstanding specimen rainforest as imposing as any australian plant in the garden or bush. Staghorns are generally epiphytic. Psilotum nudum is an epiphyte that sometimes grows as a terrestial plant in rocky crevices in sandy soils. It is considered a fern ally because it is a spore.
It is commonly called mosquito fern but you should not hold that against azolla filiculoides a water fern that is no friend to the biting insect pest. The spectacular staghorn fern is an epiphyte or air plant which grows without soil. Native to australian rainforests the staghorn platycerium superbum and. Save our waterways now sown is a community based volunteer environment organization restoring habitat in brisbanes enoggera catchment a database of plants of the.
The elkhorn fern is an epiphyte growing on the trunks and branches of trees.