Platycerium andinum Polypodiaceae including lighting

including lighting

Regular watering maintains the plant's vigorous foliage display

Resembling a horse's saddle or a dove in flight

fleshy sepals with distinct keels (carinae)

Each blossom serves as a testament to the incredible variety found in South American orchid flora

Platycerium andinum Polypodiaceae including lightingP. andinums are tall slender staghorns. The shield fronds form very distinctive crown like tops and when the fern is well established around the tree, it looks like a crown from all sides. The andinum grows new shield fronds once a year in the winter and then they turn brown. The shield fronds, are thick, possibly 1 8th of an inch thick