staghorn fern

noun

any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.

staghorn fern

/ ˈstæɡˌhɔːn /

any of various tropical and subtropical ferns of the genus Platycerium with fronds resembling antlers

First recorded in 1880–85

Some four in every 10 fronds of the studied communities of staghorn ferns could not reproduce.

Burns also wants to study another staghorn fern species in Madagascar that appears to also grow in colonies.

You see here the elk or staghorn fern, which grows as a parasite on the palm or the petosperum of New Zealand.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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