Elsa is recognized by the combination of thick upright fertile fronds, dense silver-white surface hairs, compact proportions, and increasingly complex branching… Full description
- Species placement
- Named selection of reported hybrid ancestry
- Reported origin
- Thailand
Cultivated Platycerium ‘Elsa’ in Taiwan, showing its dense silver-white covering, upright fertile fronds, and repeatedly divided branching.
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Description
A compact to medium-sized hybrid selection with thick, upright fertile fronds. Mature plants develop a dense, structured crown rather than the long hanging outline associated with many P. willinckii selections.
Shield fronds are pale green to silver-green and carry a visible white surface covering. Mature shields form a rounded base with an upright upper crown whose shape varies with maturity and culture.
Fertile fronds are thick, silver-white, and strongly upright. They begin comparatively narrow and divide repeatedly as the plant matures, producing many short branches and a dense snowflake-like outline.
Elsa is recognized by the combination of thick upright fertile fronds, dense silver-white surface hairs, compact proportions, and increasingly complex branching with maturity. Source history to the Tonkla F307 selection remains the dependable way to identify the clone.
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