r/Staghornfern

What kind of e26 socket grow light bulb do you have on yours? Specs, how far away? New baby!

It’s my first time getting a staghorn fern and I got this a couple months ago.

I’ve been giving it grow light, and recently noticed little sprouts coming from behind.

Are these new pups growing out? My goal is to mount this on a driftwood - how long should I wait until doing so??

Thanks in advance!

These are my first staghorns, I’m really excited about them and hope to mount them. From what I’ve seen here on Reddit and tried to look up it would probably be best to wait? But I wanted to make sure and ask around. Should I also try to separate the pups in the right plant?

I’ve been browsing posts here and reading through general instructions on how to correctly mount them, and tried my best. I’m hoping to get some feedback from the community in case I still oriented them wrong, or missed something important. Could you please take a look at them and share your thoughts?

Hey planty friends! I separated this guy from a pot with 4 staghorns, so I have extras in soil just in case I screwed up 😂 this is an untreated wood slice & the roots are wrapped up with damp sphagnum moss & fishing line. I did TONS of research, & I love the way it turned out! Just need to clean up the brown leaves a bit because it went through quite a bit of shock coming home from the store. The brown on the shields was already there when purchased :) This is my first time ever mounting a plant, so I’m just wondering if anyone has opinions on how I did/what I can do better in the future? Thank you all in advance 🫶🏻

Hey all. I’ve had these guys for the last year, they’ve grow A LOT in that time. I’d like to try and wall mount the one on the ground and was thinking about separating a couple of the individuals. As a first timer, would you recommend trying to separate or just try wall mounting the whole enchilada? The longest leaves are about 2.5-3ft.
Also…my hanger.

Thanks!

The two upper lobes of the shield frond started becoming more even over the past few days.

I’m happy with how he looks right now.

Got a new staghorn delivered from AirPlantShop, and it came with an entire ecosystem. I submerged as directed, and in addition to the various tiny insects that came out, there also many, many tiny snails. Any tips? Thanks!

This particular staghorn (platycerium Alcicorne i think) haven't received any growth for 1 week (no new leaves, no new shield leaves, the two leaves there didnt grow either). I know brown shield leaves are a normal occurrence but the stunted growth is starting to worry me. The other staghorns were fine and are growing normally, what the problem with this one in particular?

The Alcicorne is planted in sphagnum moss, inside the brown sponge. Given 6 hrs of purple and red light everyday. I only water them when the sphag. moss is dry to the touch.