Houseplant Encyclopedia

A staghorn fern whose shield fronds rise into finger-like lobes forming a crown-shaped basket, with long, narrow fertile fronds hanging like a net. Spores form on ear-like, semicircular special lobes.

A staghorn fern whose fertile fronds are undivided, broad and pendulous, like elephant ears. Its large bright green shield fronds are renewed each season.

A giant staghorn fern endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. It closely resembles P. superbum but carries two equal spore patches on each divided lobe of the fertile frond.

A staghorn fern with tall, deeply lobed shield fronds that leave a lace of veins as they dry. Long, narrow fertile fronds covered in white hairs hang down in contrast to the brown shields.

A staghorn fern with rounded, uncut shield fronds and broad, almost hairless dark green fertile fronds that rise at an angle. The fertile fronds fork only in the outer third, giving a broad paddle-like look.

A staghorn fern whose ribbed shield fronds overlap like a rounded shell around the base, with antler-like fertile fronds standing upright above. Spores form on small, spoon-shaped special lobes.

A silvery staghorn fern whose narrow fertile fronds, coated in white star-shaped hairs, rise in clusters. The upper edge of the shield frond is deeply cut into thin, finger-like lobes.

A large staghorn fern with shield fronds over 60 cm across and long, pendulous fertile fronds usually in pairs. Spores form in a single large patch at the first fork.