A couple of years ago, a friend was downsizing their garden and offered me a couple of staghorn ferns. I declined the offer because I wasn't really fond of them. Now I realise the reason I didn't appreciate this type of fern was due to most gardeners use of them. I've usually seen them tacked on to eucalypt trees in the middle of someone's lawn. Yuk!

These plants are best suited to raniforest environments. Staghorns are epiphytes, meaning they prefer to grow above the ground attached to tree trunks or rocky outcrops where they can siphon water run-off from their host material. This run-off contains many nutrients that sustain the staghorn's growth. The amazing thing about these ferns is that they also feed of their own composted frond material.

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