How to Divide and Mount a Staghorn Fern (Platycerium andinum)

Horticulturist, Byron Martin, takes a 40 year-old Staghorn Fern (Platycerium andinum), and cuts behind the sterile frond and wraps it onto a cedar board and still comes out with a beautiful specimen.

[bobd]

I have 2 that are 35 years old.. scary seeing you rip it apart. Good video. I learned something here all these years from your post. Thanks

[des]

If you ever decide to remake this video, can you please actually SHOW where you are cutting? You slipped your hand in somewhere, saying that there were several parts to it, but as a novice, I have no idea what to look for, where I COULD cut. Then your body covered the rest of the process. So I am still unsure of where it would be safe to grip it while you pulled the piece off.

[SandcastleDreams]

Thanks! We've got 2 huge staghorn ferns that need dividing. One is in the crotch of a maple tree that has died and we wanted to get it out of there and do something with it but it is HUGE!

[thomasgohl]

Which one is lying on the left side? The silver grey one. Amazing❤

[claudiadelvalle]

I like your video so much ! New follower

[jagermeister]

What do you use for the "medium" you use to stuff behind it??
Is normal compost ok?

[poppy]

have a stag on an old tree trunk, not getting the shade it needs, really old but has a lot of sprouts, how much do I dig in the actually ball of dead frowns??

[dawnpleasant]

I noticed that your moss looked dry. I just mounted mine with moistened moss. Should I take it off and redo with dry moss? Thanks for a great video.

[guigoox]

Hello everybody.. Does anyone know where can I buy a Platy Superbum in Europe or in France?

[ratatatt]

Hi, I'm having trouble finding an answer for this, but do staghorn ferns need soil when they're mounted? I have tried to mount a few that have been growing in pots, and they seem to suffer as soon as they're removed from their soil and pots. I really want to be able to grow and collect them, but it's heartbreaking to see them just deteriorate after mounting

[michaelaxford]

Hi,
My mum has a stag horn that has naturally propagated on her lime tree, it's only about 6 inches around at the moment, and it's only about 4 inches above the ground.
Is there a way of removing and re-mounting without damaging the fern or the tree?

[kiarabrioni]

I would like to buy this plant do you have it available for sale? Thank you

[helenvann]

They are also native to the tropics and sub tropics here in Australia, not just South America

[safuwanfauzi]

Andinum come from Peru, Bolivia, and maybe south colombia and northernmost Chile in dry forest and jungle of Andes mountaion, it the only Platycerium or staghorn species in new world/America, Southeast Asia are have the most species specially Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

[shnuggumz]

It’s like he’s a fisherman butchering an octopus! 🤣