(Staghorn Fern) Platycerium holttumii



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Platycerium holttumii in the wild

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TEMPERATURE:
Warm to Intermediate;60°F min. to 95°F max.

WATERING:
Moist; 1 waterings per week (let moss become somewhat dry between waterings) "not hard dry"

LIGHTING:
Bright or (indirect light)

Reproduction:
Spores

Fertilizer:
30-10-10 at 1/4 strength every 2 weeks.

LOCATION:
Native to southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Comments:
This fern is an unusual staghorn fern, the shields are thicker then most. Likes lots of humidity. Will produce fertile fronds when it get older. Closely related to P. wandae and P. superbum. When they are small it is all most impossible to tell them apart.