FERNS 
PLATYCERIUM FERNS: 
Platycerium ferns are beautiful and useful. The designation ‘’staghorn ferns’’ is 
appropriate not only for resemblance but also for effectiveness when the plants are 
mounted on flat panels, tree trunks, or driftwood. The leaves grow alternately in form 
—first as a basal sheath without spores and then as outward extensions (antlers) 
which bear spores when mature. 
We have exposed the following to several degrees below 32° F. without injury. 
They are recommended for lath house and patio gardens in Southern California (except 
interior valleys), Central and Northern Florida, and Southern Texas and Louisiana 
(when provided protection during northers) . 
460. PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE. Greyish, well-forked. Temperate Australia. 
462. PLATYCERIUM GRANDE. This magnificent species with huge green leaves can be 
grown to majestic size. One of the finer species of the genus, it is unique in that it does 
not produce plantlets as do most of the species. Northern Australia. 
464. PLATYCERIUM MADAGASCARIENSIS. Green leaved, with the spare areas a rich 
chocolate brown; the extending leaves grow pleasingly out and up, as in antlers. A nice 
contrast with P. ALCICORNE. 
The following we consider as tropical species suitable for outside culture in the 
United States only in Southern Florida: 
466. PLATYCERIUM AETHIOPICUM. Synonymous with P. STEMMARIA. A very 
beautiful, fast growing, and impressive species. Throws many plantlets. The leaves 
are a pleasing bright green on the upper surface with a cottony down on the under 
surface. Like P. GRANDE, this plant is easy to grow into a stunning specimen. Guinea 
Coast. 
468. PLATYCERIUM WILLINCKII. An interesting novelty from Java with long, ex- 
tended pendant fronds, branching toward the extremities. This should be mounted 
high to be completely effective. 
470. PLATYCERIUM LEMOINEI. A collector’s item much like the last, but the 
branching is cut high up the plane of the pendant fronds, thus affording a slender 
delicacy to the general appearance of the plant. 
MISCELLANEOUS FERNS: 
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Pellaea Virgata 
500. PELLAEA VIRGATA. This stunning fern 
looks much like a fine, large leaved ADIATUM. 
The wiry stems are black; the sori on the leaf 
margins are as decorative as they appear in the 
illustration. 
490. DAVALLIA SOLIDA (D. LUCIDA). This 
lovely Malayan species departs in leaf design 
from many of its fellows by producing broad and 
slightly cut segments. The green is light and 
Davyallia solida bright. 
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