Platycerium wallichii Hook .

국표에는 없다.

• Gard. Chron. 1858. 765; Fil. Exot. t. 97. (1858)

• This name is reported by Polypodiaceae as an accepted name in the genus Platycerium (family Polypodiaceae).

  The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 26622142)

Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Platycerium wallichii Hook. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001125738. Accessed on: 30 May 2023'

General Information

Rhizome thick, fleshy, shortly creeping; scales basifixed to peltate, pale with dark brown central portion, stiff, ca. 10 × 0.4 mm, margin entire. Basal fronds up to 40 cm or more, as wide as long, 3-5 times dichotomously lobed, lobes equal in length, obtuse or acute, margin entire; main veins and secondary veins raised on both surfaces, smaller ones hardly visible, main veins dichotomous, secondary ones forming network, smaller ones more copiously anastomosing; very thick and fleshy near base, more than 1 cm thick, thin and green at upper portion. Foliage fronds in pairs, 25-70 cm, subsessile, pendulous, lower portion divided into 3 uneven main lobes, upper portion of inner lobe repeatedly dichotomously branching, only outer small lobe not fertile; main veins distinct, dichotomous, smaller ones hardly visible, copiously anastomosing with included veinlets; thick, densely covered with stellate hairs; margin of lamina entire. Soral patches 2, large, at base of first sinus of 2 main lobes, mixed with stellate paraphyses. Spores 64 per sporangium, green.

• Provided by: [C].Flora of China @ efloras.org

Rhizome short-creeping, less than 1 cm diam., bearing fronds densely covered with scales; scales linear, up to 1 cm by 0.4 mm, pale with dark brown central portion, stiff. Scale-leaves 40 cm or more in length, as wide as long, dichotomously lobed, the deepest sinus more than 20 cm deep, lobed round or moderately acute at apex, longer than wide; main veins and secondary veins raised on both surfaces, smaller ones hardly visible; main veins dichotomous, secondary ones forming network, smaller ones more copiously anastomosing; very thick and fleshy near base, more than 1 cm thick, thin and green at upper portion. Normal leaves up to 50 cm or more long, pendulous, repeatedly dichotomously branching, the base broadly cuneate; ultimate lobes narrow, up to 15 cm by 3 cm, entire; main veins distinct, dichotomous, smaller ones hardly visible, copiously anastomosing with included veinlets; thick but not leatherly, densely stellate hairy; a large area of the lower surface at base of the two first sinus covered with sporagia, mixed with stellate paraphyses.

• Provided by: [B].e-Flora of Thailand

Platycerium wallichii Hook. (worldfloraonline.org)

Staghorn ferns are a group of about 18 species of epiphytic ferns in the genus Platycerium of the polypod family (Polypodiaceae) native primarily to Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, whose fronds supposedly resemble the forked antlers of male deer or elk.

The names “staghorn fern” and “elkhorn fern” are often used interchangeably, although those with thinner fronds are often called elkhorn ferns.

P. bifurcatum is the species most commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant, since it is probably the easiest to grow. Native to rainforests of Java, New Guinea and southeastern

Australia, it does best with year-round temperatures above 40°F, so it can only be grown in gardens with a very mild climate (zones 9 and above) or as a house plant that can be moved outdoors during the summer. It has naturalized in Florida and Hawaii, where it is considered an invasive species on the islands. Staghorn fern makes a great ornamental adornment for a wall indoors or seasonally outdoors in the Midwest. This species was given the Royal Horticulture Society’s Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Staghorn Fern, Platycerium bifurcatum – Wisconsin Horticulture