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Platycerium wandae Racib.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Platycerium Desv. (ビカクシダ)


Epiphytes distributed in tropical regions
P. bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. (ビカクシダ/コウモリラン)
P. coronarium (O. F. Müll.) Desv. (オオビカクシダモドキ)
P. grande J. Sm. (オオビカクシダ)
P. wallichii Hook. (ナガバビカクシダ)
P. wandae, queen staghorn

Platycerium wandae transplanted in Japan


giant New Guinea staghorn fern or queen staghorn

麋角 = antler of deer

Lifeform: epiphytic, evergreen fern
Distribution: Maluku to Bismarck Archipelago (New Guinea)
Habitat: tree
Leaf: develping nest leaf (貯水葉) and foliage leaf (胞子葉)
Use: ornamental (in greenhouse)
Synonyms:

Alcicornium wilhelminae-reginae Alderw.

索引

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.

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