PLATYCERIUM SUPERBUM - info
PLATYCERIUM SUPERBUM = PLATYCERIUM GRANDE
Even though it seems this plant is a fern, epiphyte, which in their habitat grow spontaneously on the trees in the fork of the branches or in the crevices of the trunk.
Data sheet
- Light
- A lot of light. No direct sun.
- Recommended temperature
- Greater than 15 °C
- Watering
- Wait until the earth is dry. To check, scratch and feel with your fingers well below the surface of the soil. Immerse the plant pot in a container with water, for 1/5 of its height for 3 minutes.
- Name
- From the Greek “platys”, big, and ”keras” horn, because of the shape of the leaves.
- Origin
- Java, New Guinea, south-east of Australia.
- Habitat
- Rainforests
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Various
- The "powder" white that are distributed on the leaves is a characteristic of this plant and should not be removed.
PLATYCERIUM SUPERBUM = PLATYCERIUM GRANDE
Even though it seems this plant is a fern, epiphyte, which in their habitat grow spontaneously on the trees in the fork of the branches or in the crevices of the trunk.