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Platycerium willinckii & hybrids
Platycerium willinckii, from Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, has slender, silvery-felted fertile fronds that droop up to a metre, and it is the parent of many of the most popular hybrids. Compact willinckii-line dwarfs have their own page: dwarf Platycerium.
- P. willinckii
- P. 'Yellow Moon'
- P. willinckii 'Banna A'
- P. willinckii 'Moonlight'
- P. willinckii 'Harvest Moon'
- P. 'Tiara'
- P. willinckii 'Pearl Queen'
Platycerium willinckii
Platycerium willinckii from Indonesia has slender, densely felted fertile fronds that droop up to a metre long, like a small green waterfall. It is the parent of many famous hybrids and dwarf forms, including the dwarfs 'Bacteria' and 'Jade Girl'.
- Native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
In our wholesale catalogue now: P. willinckii 'Harvest Moon' · P. willinckii 'Banna A' · P. willinckii 'Moonlight' · P. willinckii 'Pearl Queen' · P. willinckii · P. willinckii Auchai Sporeling …
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Platycerium 'Yellow Moon'
Platycerium 'Yellow Moon' is a P. willinckii cultivar from Thailand's I Love Ferns nursery and the best known of its 'Moon' series. It has long, pale, finely forked fertile fronds with a yellowish tint, and it throws many forms from spores — including dwarf Yellow Moon and 'Totoro'.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
In our wholesale catalogue now: P. 'Yellow Moon' · P. Yellow Moon Dwarf 'Totoro' · P. Yellow Moon Dwarf · P. Yellow moon Sporeling · P. Lisa x Yellow moon Sporeling · Celso x Yellow Moon …
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Platycerium willinckii 'Banna A'
Platycerium willinckii 'Banna A' is a named selection of P. willinckii, with the long, felted, drooping fertile fronds of the species.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Platycerium willinckii 'Moonlight'
Platycerium willinckii 'Moonlight' is a named selection of P. willinckii, with the long, felted, drooping fertile fronds of the species.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
In our wholesale catalogue now: P. willinckii 'Moonlight' · P. veitchii wild X Moonlight sporeling · Moonlight · YM x Moonlight · P. willinckii Moonlight sporeling (Pup)
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Platycerium willinckii 'Harvest Moon'
Platycerium willinckii 'Harvest Moon' belongs to the 'Moon' series of P. willinckii cultivars from Thailand, alongside the well-known 'Yellow Moon'.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Platycerium 'Tiara'
Platycerium 'Tiara' is a P. willinckii selection raised from spores of 'Little Crown' in Thailand and named in Taiwan for its fertile frond tips, which curl upward like the jewels of a tiara. It stays dwarf-sized, with broad, many-forked fertile fronds.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Platycerium willinckii 'Pearl Queen'
Platycerium willinckii 'Pearl Queen' is a named selection of P. willinckii, with the long, felted, drooping fertile fronds of the species.
- Parent
- P. willinckii
- Parent native to
- Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia
In our wholesale catalogue now: P. willinckii 'Pearl Queen'
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Give P. willinckii bright light and warmth. The silvery felt on the fronds looks best in good light, but like all staghorn ferns it wants diffused light rather than direct sun.
Leave the felt alone. The fine white hairs cut water loss, so do not wipe them, and do not peel off the old brown shield fronds either.
The slender fertile fronds droop up to a metre, so give them room to hang. Withering at the frond tips is natural.
P. willinckii is a pup-forming species, and its hybrids with other pup-forming species usually are too, though how many pups a plant makes varies with conditions and from plant to plant. See staghorn fern pups and dividing and how to mount a staghorn fern.
Like all staghorn ferns they are epiphytes: grow them mounted on a board or in a basket, never in soil. Light, temperature, humidity and watering at a glance: staghorn fern care quick reference. Full care notes: The Platycerium Textbook.
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