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Platycerium elemaria

Platycerium ×elemaria is a hybrid staghorn named by Hoshizaki and Price in 1990. Its parents are probably the African P. elephantotis and P. stemaria, as the name suggests, but we could not confirm this. It has no wild records; grow it like its warm, humid, lowland African parents.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A hybrid with no recorded wild habitat. Both likely parents are epiphytes of tropical African lowland forest and woodland.

Not applicable.

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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