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07-08-2007, 05:51 AM
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| StagHorn Fern: I was over at my buddies house yesterday down on the river, and he had this huge Stag out back on a oak: Pretty Cool. I'm headin' to 'MyToyStore' to grab me a baby Stag to throw in my front yard and place in my huge oak...  These take time and I hear may outlive me! ~LCA.      |
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07-08-2007, 05:53 AM
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07-08-2007, 07:50 AM
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| A lovely plant, LeftCoastAngler. Nice display and great pix. I do have a few ferns but none are as gorgeous as this one. I checked the 'net. And it seems truly a rare plant. Please check this out: http://www.sellmefree.co.nz/Main/Lis...o=60&R=2624660 Good luck. |
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07-08-2007, 09:50 AM
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| Yeah, you should see it! It's hanging from a oak tree... He said he had to re-chain it last year... Probably twenty something years old... A real sight. 500lbs or more he says... They had to rig up some pulleys & a four-wheeler! ~LCA. |
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07-08-2007, 10:08 AM
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| holy worm tea - that's a big stag! 500_ lbs!!!! I saw one of these the other day at the nursery... nice healthy plant on a board slab. Almost bought it but then I had the image of one I saw at the Botanical Gardens that was twice my size. What conditions do they like? Are they dividable?? Guess I'm off to do research! |
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07-08-2007, 10:29 AM
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| Vivienne, They are definitely devidable. I've got one hanging from one of the palm trees in the backyard. During one of the hurricanes it fell to the bottom of the palm trees and I just sliced off a few and hung them up higher. They are doing fine now. It did take almost a year before they put out new leaves. They are gorgeous. South Florida has probably the perfect climate for them. NancyG |
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07-08-2007, 10:35 AM
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| Thanks Nancy - I have a perfect spot for one in my atrium. But having read up a wee bit, I'm not so sure it would be advisable to hang from a ceiling... at least not in a few years. Then again, I could always donate it to the Botanic Garden or something. Hmmm. |
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07-08-2007, 12:14 PM
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| Yes. I've seen them mounted aswell. There's a few different strains; I guess you would call them too... Some have broader looking horns than the others... I do believe I have the board leaved one... Here's a lil sumthin' I found on 'em: http://mgonline.com/stag.html http://www.fernfactory.com/shop/mounting/treemounts.asp http://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/stag.htm Geez. There's alot of more cool info out there. Just GOOGLE staghorn fern!  ~LCA. |
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07-09-2007, 08:37 PM
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| I think I may get a staghorn fern at the end of this week. One of the garden centres I frequent said they can get one for me later this week or early next week. A small 6 inch pot and it will be around $30cdn. Now I have to find the best way to mount it. Thanks for the suggestion/recommendation, LeftCoastAngler Now I will have to eat healthily and find other ways to prolong my life to see it grow to 500lbs. BTW, I am sorry abouyt the URL I posted. I thought I was giving the location for a sale of Staghorn ferns ( I think it was $40USD each) and somehow it got clobbered. I am sorry about it. Last edited by pikevi; 07-09-2007 at 08:44 PM. Reason: added more text |
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07-09-2007, 08:43 PM
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| pikevi I have one of my fathers staghorn my father used to divid them and mount on a manfern slab ( tree fern ) |
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07-09-2007, 08:48 PM
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| Thanks fred. Is it huge too? I have not got mine yet but if and when I get it I want to mount it 'into' a log. I will explain and post pictures when I get the log I want . I hope it will be in few days. |
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07-09-2007, 09:18 PM
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| I look forward to seeing the mount when its done I also feed my staghorn bannana peels placed behind the dry growth |
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07-09-2007, 10:33 PM
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| LOL - I told my youngest son (14) about this thread and the pic of the 500 lb stag. My son had been with me at the nursery when I was contemplating buying the little mounted stag. He told me he would move out if I bought a plant that big. LOL Guess he wasn't paying attention. LOL Still not certain that it would be a good idea in an atrium, but it's got the curiousity factor all over it. $14.99 maybe 3-5 leaf growths mounted on a 6" x 8" board. How long (years) until it's not realistic to keep it in the house (ie it's pulling hooks out of the ceiling)?? |
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07-09-2007, 11:43 PM
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| Elkhorn not Staghorn Hi There, There are two different common types of Platycerium There is the elkhorn (Platycerium bifurcatum) and there is the staghorn (Platycerium superbum) and I believe that the fern in the picture is an elkhorn. The difference between these two is the elkhorn has thinner, wispier leaves and multiple "eyes" or rosettes of foliage whereas the staghorn has a single eye and larger leaves. Cory Last edited by _cor; 07-09-2007 at 11:47 PM. |
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07-10-2007, 05:51 AM
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07-10-2007, 06:00 AM
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| Quote= LeftCoastAngler] Yes. I too have heard the potassium drives 'em nuts! Yes they love that. I always saw my Dad feed his once a month with a bannana peel and I do the same. I dont mind a bannana once a month either hehe |
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07-10-2007, 06:44 AM
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| LCA, I guess that monster is chained up to prevent it escaping! Your friend could enter it in a record sized Elk/Stag world contest. Never seen anything like that before...wow. As Vivienne says, ' Holy worm tea ' Bill Last edited by BillC; 07-10-2007 at 06:47 AM. |
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07-10-2007, 06:58 AM
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| You are probably right, _cor, Thanks. I did see a difference when I was looking for info on the 'net. But the garden centre people still referred to it as 'staghorn fern'. But fern is a fern and a horn is a horn!!  fred & LeftCoastAngler: wouldn't the peel become 'mushy' and messy on the plant? I eat lots of bananas . I never thought that banana peels have high concentration of potassium. I will try and feed them with dried banana peel. |
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