Platycerium (Staghorn) Ferns As Epiphytes
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Prehistoric Platycerium Fern Ridleyi
Since The Importation Of Platycerium Fern Ridleyi By J. Ridleyi , Whom Also Named The Species , The Area Of The World Where Nature Has Given This Prehistoric Platycerium Fern A Natural Living Habitat Is Slowly Being Destroyed , By Man . Platycerium Fern Ridleyi Can Be Found Living And Surviving In Thailand , India , Malaysia And Indonesia .
Platy. Fern Ridleyi Has Always Been Thought Of As A Small Platy. Species , But We At Madagascar Tropicals Have Found Out Differently . We Have Had The Opportunity To Receive A Few Plants , From Their Natural Cultivating Habitat And At Least Two Or More Of Our Stock Ridleyi's Are Quite Large . The Shield Fronds , On One Species , Is (2) Or More Feet Wide And It's Fertile Fronds Are (3) Feet Across . The Size Of These Specie Removes This Platy. Fern From Even Being Considered Small , When Compared To The Platy. Fern Species Madagascariense And Platy. Quadridichotomum , Which Can Be Considered Very Small Platycerium Ferns , At This Time , Because The Nursery Has Not Had The Opportunity To Receive These Two Platy. Ferns Species , From Their Natural Living Habitat . Chances Are , Nature Produces These Two Species In A Larger Size Than What Civilized Man Has Been Able To See .
Platycerium Fern Ridleyi Reproduces Itself In Two Ways , By Spore And Producing Pups . The Spores Are Released At One Time , From It's Spore Cup , After The Spores Have Been Released The Spore Cup Will Begin A Slow Death Process By Turning Brown And Dyeing . Rhizome Off Shooting , Producing Pups , Works Quite Differently , With This Process The Rhizome Will Produce A Branch In The Same Manner As A Tree Trunk Produces A Branch . These Branches Will Appear Very Close To The Same Level As The Plant Before It . Platycerium Fern Reproduction , Whether Produced From Spore , Root Off Shoots Or Rhizome Branching Will Have The Same End Result , The Production Of A New Plant , Of That Species , Called A Pup .
If You Look At The Image Of Platycerium Fern Ridleyi You Can See The Shape Of The Species Fertile Fronds . Now , Think Of A Deer And How A Deer's Antlers Look And Notice The Striking Resemblance . Now , Look For The Spore Patch Which Is Located On The Fertile Frond , In The Form Of A Tablespoon . The Spore Patch Is Located On The Underside , Of This Spoon Shaped Lobe . The Spores , Of Platy. Fern Ridleyi Are Released In One Big Mass . There Is One Other Prehistoric Platycerium Fern , Platy. Fern Coronarium , That Has This Identical Spoon Shaped Lobe And The Spore Lobe Functions In The Same Identical Manner . The Fertile Fronds Of Platy. Ridleyi Can Reach A Span Of 40 Plus Inches Across , In Nature . Platy. Fern Ridleyi Is A Partial Solitary Species , Because The Species Very Seldom Forms A Cluster Or Produces Pups , For Species Survival Or Reproduction As Some Platycerium Ferns Will Do . We Have One Platy. Fern Ridleyi , In The Nursery , With A Pup And The Platy. Fern Is Quite Large .
If The Growing Bud Turns Brown Or Dries Out Or The Fertile Fronds , Of Platy. Fern Ridleyi , Are Damaged To A Certain Point , Especially A New Young Fertile Frond , Before A New Fertile Frond Can Be Produced You Can End Up With A (Dead) Platy. Fern Ridleyi , On Your Hands . With Platy. Fern Ridleyi The Growing Bud Cannot Be Allowed To Dry Out , Because The Species Will Not Survive .
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