I know this old but the most informative out of the many, many mounting vids I’ve watched. Thank you so very much for clear precise steps. I’ve subbed and of course liked
This is the best, most thorough and easy to follow instructions for mounting a staghorn fern I’ve seen to date. Have saved this for when time comes to mount my bambino. Thanks so much. 🙏🏾🙌🏾
I've seen this plant several times whenever there's a plant expo being held at one of the more popular malls in my area. Now I know what it is called thanks to this video. There are also epiphytic ferns growing wild in my neighborhood but they're Bird's Nest Ferns instead. Maybe I should collect some and do something like this or tie or stick it in one of the trees in my yard next to my turtle pond.
Banana peel tends to encourage fruit flies and even harbors fruit fly eggs. I know this from personal experience. You might be better off soaking the staghorn fern in removed aquarium water that hasn't been recently treated with fish mediations. This works great for all "air plants" / epyphites. Aquarium water is great for all potted house plants. It encourages beneficial soil bacteria as well to break down nutritents for the plant's roots uptake.
You could make a wacky DIY deer head on a wall with one of these. Like get a willow weaved Deer head and put the staghorn fern on the top where the horns should be. :P
I had one that got Huge, finally sold it since it was to big for me to handle. Weighed about 148 lbs... it's doubled since I sold it. Covers one wall in friends greenhouse. Great vid Alex. How's the tank coming along?
Tank is coming along great. There will be updates on it soon. I have friend with staghorns that got to be about that size, but it took 30 years! How long did yours take to outgrow your space?
@@TankTested when I got it, it was about 2 ft across measuring full size. , I had it 22 yrs till it was to large for my outside wall. It's now about roughly almost 3.5 ft at base diameter. So overall about 6 ft spread now. It's nestled in with orchids on a wall in greenhouse that separates the three temp sections of greenhouse...house is huge in it's own right with cool, intermediate, and warm sections.
Yes. I just used this with mine a couple of days ago. My neighbors coconut palm shed a few sheets of fiber so I used them and then added a couple of sections of split coconut to fill in where I didn't have enough sheets. I used plastic tape to tie everything together as nylon line wasn't doing a good job binding all the pieces together. It does not look good so my plan is to start removing the tape once it is clear the fern has anchored itself to the wood. I think it will take at least two growing cycles of the shield fronds before I start removibg it. I would have preferred using sphagnum moss from the start but it is not commonly available and is very expensive.
The sterile fronds grow in all directions, it just so happens that the big one was on the bottom at the time I mounted. The critical thing to orient by is the location of new fronds.
I found that they collapsed my channel’s viewership. You can see that videos I post now get a fraction of what past videos did. RUclips just punished me too much!
I have to be honest, this was not a success. You should form the moss ball first, use a lot more string to go over the top of it and tie the sides better. The end result for you looks insanely messy and I believe much of the moss will just fall off. You also used some really nasty-looking moss, high quality moss actually makes a difference here. Brave choice to do a tutorial on something you're clearly new at. Hope it's doing well.
I know this old but the most informative out of the many, many mounting vids I’ve watched. Thank you so very much for clear precise steps.
I’ve subbed and of course liked
This is the best, most thorough and easy to follow instructions for mounting a staghorn fern I’ve seen to date. Have saved this for when time comes to mount my bambino. Thanks so much. 🙏🏾🙌🏾
Dude I’ve seen many mounting videos but this has been the best explained step by step video I’ve seen!!
I've seen this plant several times whenever there's a plant expo being held at one of the more popular malls in my area. Now I know what it is called thanks to this video. There are also epiphytic ferns growing wild in my neighborhood but they're Bird's Nest Ferns instead. Maybe I should collect some and do something like this or tie or stick it in one of the trees in my yard next to my turtle pond.
Banana peel tends to encourage fruit flies and even harbors fruit fly eggs. I know this from personal experience. You might be better off soaking the staghorn fern in removed aquarium water that hasn't been recently treated with fish mediations. This works great for all "air plants" / epyphites. Aquarium water is great for all potted house plants. It encourages beneficial soil bacteria as well to break down nutritents for the plant's roots uptake.
Great tips!
BY THE POWER OF AQUAPONICS!
Not everyone who has a staghorn fern will have an aquarium.
So you use fertilizer lol
they could get one..lots of of them are given away on craigslist etc. .@@aroidpapa
I love this video! I'd love to make one of these but I don't think I have a room bright enough.
Thanks. Very nicely presented. An inspiration to bring my one indoor.
thanks for introducing me to a cool plant I wouldn't have known about otherwise!
Awesome video! Easy instruction, great advice. Thank you!
Excellent demonstration on how to mount. Thank you
looks amazing! Thank you for this super helpful and knowledgeable tutorial!
Wow amazing explanations. You are simply awesome. Lucky I came across your video.
A lovely video as always!
That's beautiful, thank you 🙂
Thanks for watching!
You could make a wacky DIY deer head on a wall with one of these. Like get a willow weaved Deer head and put the staghorn fern on the top where the horns should be. :P
Thank you 🙏
Lovely👍🏿🎵...thank you 🌳🐸💦
Greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩💕🎶
It’s beautiful
Awesome video! Thanks for the tips!!!
I had one that got Huge, finally sold it since it was to big for me to handle. Weighed about 148 lbs... it's doubled since I sold it. Covers one wall in friends greenhouse. Great vid Alex.
How's the tank coming along?
Tank is coming along great. There will be updates on it soon. I have friend with staghorns that got to be about that size, but it took 30 years! How long did yours take to outgrow your space?
@@TankTested when I got it, it was about 2 ft across measuring full size. , I had it 22 yrs till it was to large for my outside wall. It's now about roughly almost 3.5 ft at base diameter. So overall about 6 ft spread now. It's nestled in with orchids on a wall in greenhouse that separates the three temp sections of greenhouse...house is huge in it's own right with cool, intermediate, and warm sections.
Sounds amazing!
Super cool idea....
Beautiful!
Can we use coconut husk instead of moss
Yes. I just used this with mine a couple of days ago. My neighbors coconut palm shed a few sheets of fiber so I used them and then added a couple of sections of split coconut to fill in where I didn't have enough sheets. I used plastic tape to tie everything together as nylon line wasn't doing a good job binding all the pieces together. It does not look good so my plan is to start removing the tape once it is clear the fern has anchored itself to the wood. I think it will take at least two growing cycles of the shield fronds before I start removibg it. I would have preferred using sphagnum moss from the start but it is not commonly available and is very expensive.
Alex -Looks like Platycerium Hilli
Any cultivar on the tag?
interesting piece! i wonder how big it gets
In nature huge!
Have you got a Platycerium wandae
The initial placement on the wood seems too high. Why did you locate it there and not closer to the center or slightly above center?
The larger they grow the more they droop downwards. He was likely compensating for that
Great video. Can they be mounted any time of year?
Whars the correct position?
I have always heard that the shield is at the top but you are mounting it at the bottom?
The sterile fronds grow in all directions, it just so happens that the big one was on the bottom at the time I mounted. The critical thing to orient by is the location of new fronds.
Interesting idea, how often do you water it?
Once a week, obviously depends on area, season, window, temperature. But usually once a week, for 5 or 10 minutes if the soil is too dry.
@@ceramicfrog1 You didn't even author this video??
ello! what happened to the weekly streams?
I found that they collapsed my channel’s viewership. You can see that videos I post now get a fraction of what past videos did. RUclips just punished me too much!
Stop with the banana myth. Pls. Good video otherwise
I have to be honest, this was not a success. You should form the moss ball first, use a lot more string to go over the top of it and tie the sides better. The end result for you looks insanely messy and I believe much of the moss will just fall off. You also used some really nasty-looking moss, high quality moss actually makes a difference here.
Brave choice to do a tutorial on something you're clearly new at. Hope it's doing well.