Staghorn ferns hang from trees or rocks and glean nutrients and moisture from the air. At home, they can be mounted on wood or fit into wire baskets with wet sphagnum. (Submitted photo) One of my best ...

Question: Our staghorn fern is getting dark spots on the long leaves. Last time, I put banana peels in with the plant, and it cleared it up. Should I do it again? Answer: Sometimes plants recover from ...

If you”ve ever seen something that looks like a hunting trophy but is in shades of green, you can rest assured that it is not of animal origin. More than likely you”re gazing upon a staghorn fern, a ...

For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries, hanging on ...

Distinctive in appearance and name, staghorn fern is a species belonging to the genus Platycerium and the family Polypodiaceae. These ferns can be identified by their fronds, which bear an ...

Q: Our 50-year-old staghorn fern is slowly dying. It is in the same location, in the shade facing north. We feed it occasionally with Miracle- Gro and a banana peel and spray lightly every few days ...