Jerry visits a plant collector whose passion is epiphytic Platycerium ferns. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/GA-subscribe

Sheldon McLeod says the collecting bug was picked up from his father and grandfather.

The two best-know Australian plants in the Platycerium family are Staghorn and Elkhorn. When Sheldon found out there were other species in the genus, he just had to find them.

Filmed on Turrbal & Yuggera Country | Brisbane, Qld

Featured plants: 🌱
Staghorn (Platycerium superbum, Platycerium ridleyi, Platycerium ridleyi ‘Wide’)
Elkhorn (Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium andinum, Platycerium bifurcatum subsp. willinckii ‘Jade Girl’, Platycerium ‘Imperatrix’, Platycerium andinum x elephantotis ‘Antis’, Platycerium madagascariense)
Silver Elkhorn (Platycerium veitchii)

Learn more: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/stag-party/103857764
This segment is from Gardening Australia Season 35, Episode 16 titled “Autumn: Fantastic ferns & rooftop farming”.
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