Accession Data

Platycerium grande

Family: Polypodiaceae

Country of Origin: Philippines

Description: Giant tropical epiphyte that often grows on coconut palms in habitat. True Platycerium grande in rare in cultivation, where the related P. superbum is often confused with it. Mature plants of P. grande produce two spore patches on each fertile leaf, while the Australian P. superbum produces only one.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199900003

Accession Date: 1999-03-08 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3106

Quantity: 2

Source: Matt Opel - from spore collected Logees

Classification

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales

SubOrder: Polypodiineae

Family: Polypodiaceae

SubFamily: Platycerioideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, October 20, 2016.

Images

Platycerium grande