I'm always on the hunt for unique houseplants to add to my growing collection and staghorn ferns certainly make the cut. These epiphytic plants grow on the bark of trees in their natural habitat and ...

Question: Our staghorn fern is getting dark spots on the long leaves. Last time, I put banana peels in with the plant, and it cleared it up. Should I do it again? Answer: Sometimes plants recover from ...

For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries, hanging on ...

A question for Dan Gill: A dear friend gave me a staghorn fern four or five years ago, and it now seems to have fallen on hard times. The round ball out of which the antlers grow seems to be ...

Q: Does my staghorn fern need to be covered below 40 degrees? Is a Mexican orchid tree indigineous to this area? - G.V., Houston A: Perhaps you have the surprisingly hardy Platycerium bifurcatum. This ...

Q: Our 50-year-old staghorn fern is slowly dying. It is in the same location, in the shade facing north. We feed it occasionally with Miracle- Gro and a banana peel and spray lightly every few days ...

The latest indoor plant trend should have deer everywhere prancing with joy: Tropical staghorn ferns have antler-like fronds that - when affixed to a vertical surface - mimic a taxidermied buck. "A ...