Platycerium elephantotis 15-20cm EL1

Item description : One beautiful specimen of Platycerium  elephantotis in a 15cm pot, the plant is 15-20cm in diameter. The plant for sale is the plant on pictures. It’s been repoted at the begining of April 2022 so I advise to wait a couple of months before repoting or mounting.

All the Platycerium I offer were grown by myself from spores or offsets in France, unless stated otherwise. These plants are much easier and healthier than the ones offered imported directly from SE Asia that often go into shock because they were in a very different climate.

Habitat and Description : Fantastic epiphytic fern from Africa that can reach impressive dimensions! It’s very sought after by collectors and the name refers to the fertile fronds that look like big elephant legs.

Care : Easy to grow but prefers acidic water, if your water is too alkaline it’s better to bath your plant in rainwater or distilled water.  Contrary to popular belief, this species is not very difficult to cultivate. These for sale grow at 22-28°C and 50-60% humidity. It’s likely that this difficult reputation is due to import specimen and wild harvested ones.

Cold hardiness : Purely tropical species.