Sign in Start free
Species library › Platycerium › Platycerium wandae
Ferns Well documented

Platycerium wandae

The Queen staghorn, the largest species in the genus, from New Guinea and nearby islands. It has huge, frilled shield fronds and grows in hot, humid lowland forest, mostly near sea level.

Platycerium wandae
Photo: Honymand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on large trees in lowland rainforest and coastal forest.

Recorded at 5-1150 m, median 25 m (58 records).

Bismarck ArchipelagoMalukuNew Guinea

🔒 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

Grow Platycerium wandae? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Platycerium

Platycerium bifurcatum Platycerium grande Platycerium superbum Platycerium coronarium Platycerium alcicorne Platycerium veitchii Platycerium hillii Platycerium andinum Platycerium angolense Platycerium elemaria Platycerium elephantotis Platycerium ellisii All 20 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.