Platycerium

RHS Plant Profile
elk horn fern

Save a plant

Where do you want to save Platycerium?

Plants I own
Wishlist
Go to My Plants

Other common names

elk's horn fern, mantle leaf, stag horn fern, stag's horn fern, antelope ears

Buy this from Plant Nurseries
1 Suppliers

Botanical Details

Family
Polypodiaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Platycerium are evergreen, epiphytic ferns with short rhizomes, and a tuft of rounded or heart-shaped sterile fronds, sometimes lobed on the upper margin, and erect or pendent, grey-green fertile fronds which are usually repeatedly forked
Name Status
Correct