Giant Staghorn Fern

The staghorn fern that earns its name. Platycerium superbum, the Giant Staghorn Fern, is the largest and most dramatic species in its genus, producing enormous, forked fertile fronds that hang downward like a pair of antlers, and large, shield-shaped basal fronds that clasp whatever surface the plant is mounted on. It is an epiphyte, meaning it grows on other plants rather than in soil, and it looks its best mounted on a board or grown in a hanging basket rather than a traditional pot.