Platycerium veitchii — Auburn River provenance
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Also recorded as: 奧銀 · 奧本河銀葉鹿角蕨 All names
Best recognized as P. veitchii by the combination of deeply finger-lobed shields, stiff upright fertile fronds, and persistent silver-white stellate hairs. Full description
- Species
- Platycerium veitchii
- Reported origin
- Australia
Front view of a cultivated Auburn River P. veitchii, showing narrow, stiff silver fertile fronds radiating upward and outward from a compact base, with a finely pointed shield crown and an older papery tan shield below.
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Care
Care difficulty: BeginnerA resilient, sun- and drought-tolerant fern suited to beginners in a bright, airy position. Let established mounts dry between thorough waterings, then allow excess water to drain.
Give it bright filtered daylight or gentle morning sun. Increase sun exposure gradually, and shade it from harsh midday sun in hot weather. Indoors, use a bright window with intense sun softened by a sheer curtain, or a grow light. Keep air moving around the crown and fronds.
Protect it from frost and avoid hot, enclosed positions in summer.
Description
A slow-growing, colony-forming silver elkhorn with stiff, ascending to erect fertile fronds and a compact, drought-adapted habit. Like other P. veitchii, plants are densely clothed in pale stellate hairs and become most silvery under strong light. Size and posture vary with age, culture, genotype, and the particular cultivated line.
The sterile shield fronds form an appressed, rounded to kidney-shaped nest. Their upper margin divides deeply into narrow, finger-like lobes; cultivated Auburn River material is especially marketed for a tall crown of long, fine, pointed lobes that rise above the growing point. Old shields dry papery grey to pinkish brown.
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