Details of genus: Platycerium [1659]
genus_ja: ビカクシダ
genus_en: Staghorn fern
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Family: Polypodiaceae
family_ja: ウラボシ
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description_en: Genus of 15 or more species of evergreen, epiphytic ferns, with short-creeping rhizomes; most are found in temperate and tropical rainforest in Africa, Asia, and Australia, a few in South America. They are grown mainly for their attractive, often elegant foliage, each plant bearing both sterile and fertile fronds. The mid- to deep green sterile fronds are stalkless, rounded to oblong, and entire to irregularly lobed at the upper margins; they become brown and papery, and usually form a persistent "nest" or basket at the base of the plant. The fertile fronds are spreading or pendent to erect, wedge-shaped at the bases, usually grey-green and leathery, and often repeatedly forked; they are shed naturally when old. All fronds are covered on both sides with small, star-shaped hairs. Spores are formed in large patches on the undersides of fertile fronds; in some species, new plants develop from runners on the sides of established nests. In frost-prone climates, grow in a conservatory or cool or temperate greenhouse, or as houseplants, preferably in hanging baskets. In warmer regions, grow epiphytically in a tree.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
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propagation_en: Sow spores at 21°C (70°F) when ripe. Detach plantlets produced from root tips or runners as soon as nests have formed. See also p.51.
pests_en: Scale insects can be a problem.
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comment_ja: ビカクシダ(コウモリラン)
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Polypodiaceae | ウラボシ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Polypodiaceae | ウラボシ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Polypodiaceae | ウラボシ科 | Show |