I'm always on the hunt for unique houseplants to add to my growing collection and staghorn ferns certainly make the cut. These epiphytic plants grow on the bark of trees in their natural habitat ...

One that might make this list is the staghorn fern. It certainly looks imposing, growing out of a tree trunk or piece of rotting driftwood. Add the fact that these epiphytic denizens are found in ...

Staghorn ferns (Platycerium species) are epiphytes, plants that hold on to tree trunks or branches. They have two kinds of fronds: flat, roundish sterile ones that turn brown and papery as they ...

It is the flat shield fronds that cling to the surface on which the fern grows. Many staghorns are clumping and have creeping, branching rhizomes that are hidden behind the shields. As a staghorn ...

hat do staghorns, rabbit’s foot and holly have in common? They are all unusual forms of ferns, so named for the odd yet attractive structures that set them apart from the more common house ferns.

Over the decades, it grew into a magnificent and enormous showstopper. Staghorn ferns are finicky about nearly everything. Named for its antler-shaped fronds, this genus of tropical plant is not ...

On one hike on Australia’s Lord Howe Island, he came across a cluster of staghorn ferns. They are common potted plants, but in nature they grow in dense colonies that cling to treetops.

Q: My 20-year-old staghorn fern has developed brown powdery areas on the undersides of the leaves. What do I use to get rid of this? — B.B., Houston A: Staghorn fern produces basal or sterile ...

In fact, ferns have been around long before flowering plants evolved. Other additions to the list of epiphytes for the small gardens are the staghorn or elkhorn ferns. A few species of staghorn or ...