Platycerium willinckii ‘Lunella’

Haruhana mixed spores from Taiwan Moonlight (月光) and Celso in 2023 and selected Lunella from the resulting sporelings. Sabrina Wang confirmed which Moonlight line was used.

Haruhana kept the mixed Moonlight and Celso spores from which it selected Lunella in an isolated culture.

Haruhana still maintains the parent plant from which the spores that produced the Lunella sporeling were collected.

Haruhana introduced Lunella publicly in 2025.

Haruhana uses Lunella as the official name and has not assigned the selection an official Chinese name.

Haruhana presents Lunella as a named selection of Platycerium willinckii.

Haruhana describes Lunella as compact, with tightly arranged, nearly circular shield fronds that create a moon-like outline.

Haruhana currently propagates Lunella only through offsets from the original selected plant, preserving the named clone.

Haruhana expects Lunella may become fertile around 2028 and plans to raise genetically new sporelings when spores become available.

Haruhana asked its social-media followers to help name the selection. A follower suggested Lunella, and Haruhana chose it because the plant resembles a little moon.