Whatever this may be: very good photo of the same. Like it is going to prick the viewer in the next second.
Main Entry: staghorn Function: noun 1 : a stag's horn used as a handle for a knife or for ornamental purposes 2 a or staghorn moss : a club moss (Lycopodium clavatum) b : STAGHORN FERN 3 : STAGHORN CORAL
I guess it is a staghorn moss. I suspect you have them in Germany. I dont know where they are native to ... they are epithetic: they sucker onto trees and deadwood in wet woods and jungles.
So this is a staghorn fern with the botanical name "Staghorn Platycerium grande". The image in the link shows an elkhorn. I used a word incorrectly: they are epiphytic meaning to sucker onto other plants. Mine has suckered onto the backboard and flowed over and is now suckering onto a brick wall - much as an ivy or ficus does.
Ah, that is what we call "antlers farn". Like with many of the epiphytae they are houseplants for us - not the right climate around here I suppose, ;-)
I love staghorns. I have a giant of a plant hanging off the canadian sugar maple. I haven't put it in my blog yet because it disturbs me. It hung on well all through the drought then during this hot summer it got tragically stressed when I wasn't looking and now I cast anxious glances at it waiting for rain induced recovery.
Over the past 16 years it has been spreading and spreading, so much so that the host tree is now dodgey. I would dispair if I lost both of them. I am banking on the staghorn recovering by springtime.
Joan Elizabeth, this is so amazing. These things we buy at florists or nurseries in little small pots ... and they are not cheap either ... perhaps this German website gives you an impression what they look like around here:
I have never seen elkhorn sold like that anywhere in Australia. I will take a full shot of my staghorn over the w/e and a friend has a large elkhorn on her back wall, shall photograph that when I go around there tomorrow evening. Then I will nip down to the local nursery and photograph that particular section.
That tray of single horns that the girl is displaying is as though they know these things are going to die but they have cut up the mother plant to make as much money as possible before she does die.
What a fantastic capture !! This is so a beautiful image ! Great one..I cant miss them and i am now your follower !!Also I Have Started My Own Website And Would Like You To Have A Look At It.I Would Love To Have Your Comments On That Also.Unseen Rajasthan
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Whatever this may be: very good photo of the same. Like it is going to prick the viewer in the next second.
Main Entry: staghorn
Function: noun
1 : a stag's horn used as a handle for a knife or for ornamental purposes
2 a or staghorn moss : a club moss (Lycopodium clavatum) b : STAGHORN FERN
3 : STAGHORN CORAL
hm ...
I guess it is a staghorn moss. I suspect you have them in Germany. I dont know where they are native to ... they are epithetic: they sucker onto trees and deadwood in wet woods and jungles.
Hm, perhaps Lycopodium clavatum?
Usually I do not talk in Latin, ;-), but with this different languages and words for plants it is the most simple way ... .
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1397347.htm
So this is a staghorn fern with the botanical name "Staghorn Platycerium grande". The image in the link shows an elkhorn. I used a word incorrectly: they are epiphytic meaning to sucker onto other plants. Mine has suckered onto the backboard and flowed over and is now suckering onto a brick wall - much as an ivy or ficus does.
Ah, that is what we call "antlers farn". Like with many of the epiphytae they are houseplants for us - not the right climate around here I suppose, ;-)
I love staghorns. I have a giant of a plant hanging off the canadian sugar maple. I haven't put it in my blog yet because it disturbs me. It hung on well all through the drought then during this hot summer it got tragically stressed when I wasn't looking and now I cast anxious glances at it waiting for rain induced recovery.
Over the past 16 years it has been spreading and spreading, so much so that the host tree is now dodgey. I would dispair if I lost both of them. I am banking on the staghorn recovering by springtime.
Joan Elizabeth, this is so amazing. These things we buy at florists or nurseries in little small pots ... and they are not cheap either ... perhaps this German website gives you an impression what they look like around here:
green-24.de
I would really like to see a photo of your farn some day.
I have never seen elkhorn sold like that anywhere in Australia. I will take a full shot of my staghorn over the w/e and a friend has a large elkhorn on her back wall, shall photograph that when I go around there tomorrow evening. Then I will nip down to the local nursery and photograph that particular section.
That tray of single horns that the girl is displaying is as though they know these things are going to die but they have cut up the mother plant to make as much money as possible before she does die.
Grrrrr ....
Julie, very good point, that is what I thought when I saw this. Grrrr ...
What a fantastic capture !! This is so a beautiful image ! Great one..I cant miss them and i am now your follower !!Also I Have Started My Own Website And Would Like You To Have A Look At It.I Would Love To Have Your Comments On That Also.Unseen Rajasthan
That's a stunning macro. I had a staghorn many, many years ago but I remember it as a darker green. It must have been a cousin.
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