Platycerium grande
A huge epiphytic staghorn fern endemic to the Philippines, chiefly Mindanao. Tall, lobed shield fronds catch leaf litter and water, and pendant fertile fronds hang below. Collectors have stripped it from the wild and it is protected as critically endangered locally; true P. grande has two spore patches per fertile frond, which separates it from the similar Australian P. superbum. Grow it mounted, warm and bright, with water poured into its shield.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on tree trunks and large branches in tropical lowland to lower montane forest of Mindanao, in Zamboanga, Lanao and Davao. Like other large staghorns it sits high on the trunk, where its shield fronds trap falling leaves and rain.
No reliable elevation data; it is generally treated as a plant of warm lowland to lower montane forest.
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