See how I potted my staghorn fern to grow in the desert – a gardening challenge I accept!
My Staghorn Ferns were happily living on the coast of Southern CA just 7 blocks away from the beach. Not a climate exactly like the tropical rainforests these epiphytes are native to, but they were pretty dang happy. I left 2 of them behind with friends when I moved to Tucson last year & brought this 1 with me mainly because I wanted the vintage daisy pot circa 1950’s.
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Staghorn Fern care with lots of cool pics: https://www.joyusgarden.com/staghorn-...
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I’ve lived here a year now & so far so good when it comes to keeping this artsy plant alive. It’s not thriving by any means, but at least it’s looking mildly satisfied. The desert is even less like the tropics so keeping it going for the long haul is a stretch. I should say that mine is technically an elkhorn fern, which is also genus Platycerium, but they all get lumped together and called staghorn ferns. The care & growing conditions for them are the same.
I bought this plant at the Santa Barbara Farmers Market many moons past. My intentions were to mount it on a piece of driftwood to hang on my side fence but never got around to it. The last time it got repotted was 5 or 6 years ago so the time had come. Plus, I want the daisy pot for 1 of my houseplants!
Other reasons I wanted to repot this plant are: to better display it (the fronds were touching the ground & you couldn’t see its beauty), give it a proportionate home base, & to plant it in a mix more conducive to growing it in the desert. Now that I live in a hot, dry climate I’m thinking this fern has a much better chance in a pot than mounted on a piece of wood where it would dry out way too fast.
These epiphytic ferns don’t grow in the ground. You typically see them mounted on wood or growing in a moss basket. If you’re growing them in a pot like me, never use straight potting soil. The mix needs to drain really well yet be rich. In nature they get their nutrients from plant matter falling on them from above & whatever rain they’re getting just runs right off. The roots don’t like to stay water logged & a staghorn kept too wet will rot out.
Check out the post with all the links to materials used here: https://www.joyusgarden.com/how-i-pot...
Staghorn Fern care with lots of cool pics: https://www.joyusgarden.com/staghorn-...
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