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September 4, 2006 : Platycerium bifurcatum
Keywords: Polypodiaceae | Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. | Santa Barbara Zoo, California
Today's image is courtesy of Van in NYC@Flickr (original image | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Van in NYC took this tilted photograph at the Santa Barbara Zoo – it's worthwhile to note that zoos often have extensive botanical collections. Thanks again, Van in NYC!
It's a holiday Monday, so just a few links for an entry today. The Australian National Botanic Gardens provides an excellent information sheet on this New Guinea and Australian native: Growing Platycerium bifurcatum. If you're interested in some of the biology behind staghorn (or elkhorn) ferns, see: Kreier, H and Schneider, H. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae) (abstract, if the full article isn't available). American Journal of Botany. 93:217-225.
For a humourous staghorn fern, see this BPotD submission: Staghorn Fern Bug? (thanks, toutlan!).
Photography resource link: National Geographic has a section on their web site dedicated to photography, with many photo galleries to explore if you've some time!
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at September 4, 2006 12:00 AM
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A staghorn fern, a palm tree trunk, a fig tree trying to get started, a bunch of clivia, , a tree fern, a royal palm and some oaks in the back. We hit the jackpot today. Everything looks sort of tipped over to the left.