I rescued 4 large stag horn balls from a tear down at a construction site. They are now 7 ft., 6 ft., 6 ft, and 5 ft. in radius, and almost thrive on benign neglect. I spray them in the fall after the very dry santa an a winds dry them out, (the winds that cause all the fires in California.) That’s it! They’re hanging under trees, so they get both shade and sun. Gorgeous and so easy!
First off... GORGEOUS! Second... thank you so much for sharing!❤ I'm doing a bit of research before i bring a staghorm into our plant family. I saw my first staghorn a few months ago at a nursery and was INSTANTLY in love.🥰
I inherited the one that my parents had my entire life. My mother got it when I was about 7 or 8 years old. That plant (which we call Big Boy) is about 4 feet in diameter with just the root ball and probably 6 ft with the leaves protruding out. My great aunt pulled it off her chain link fence in Miami Springs and brought it to Texas with her, and when she decided to move back to Florida she gave it to Mom. That was almost 60 years ago. We love Big Boy and we’ve never seen one as big as he is. ❤
I wish I had watched this 25 minutes ago before I wrapped mine in sheet moss and tied it! I’ll have to get another one to try in a wire basket! What a gorgeous plant you have there!
Love It...I finally came across one and I’m searching for tips ! I also have all types of plants....I’m A Plant Hoarder💚I have a 13’Umbrella Plant in my living room,I too have high ceilings.Drives my hub nuts that I have plants everywhere😆Thank you for sharing !
I have three and they are about 30 years old.Two are that size and one is about twice that size.I can not think about moving them.I just had to replace the cable and hang them with chain.Yes they love banana peels for some nutrients they get out of them.They are like a giant sponge and take gallons of water when they get this big.I do have to cover them with blankets when it gets cold like frost.I made a rack with 4 by 4s kind of like a swing set and they hang where a swing would go.For that matter a old swing set would work too.Just put a eye for it to clip on and off.
Hello from Florida. Your Stag is an absolutely beauty. I love how the sun hits her just right. I can not wait for mine to get so big However mine is fairly new.
I use fish tank water on mine it was almost dead got it on clearance at Lowe's was just one leaf and now she's needing a new pot after 3 months watering every other week lightly.your stag horn is gorgeous!
Beautiful plant. I just bought one and mounted it on a cedar board last week. The other one I bought is still in a pot until I decide what to do with it. Thank you for sharing your amazing fern!
Your staghorn is gorgeous. Thank you for the video. I care for mine by throwing banana peels into it about 6 times a year. Other than that, here in Florida it is humid and only gets rain. My husband made a stainless steel ball 48" in diameter for my staghorn fern to hang on a very large avocado tree. He owned a welding shop at the time. 8 years later we moved and it was too large and too heavy to move so we left it for the new owner. Today I wish I had it back as my stag horn is about 2 feet in diameter, not including the leaves but it does hang under a large oak tree. I have a few brown spots as well. The frame you welded is a great design. Thanks for the closeup of that. My husband is contemplating building a new frame. Good to know you were putting one basket inside a larger one. I think we'll use that idea.
Interesting video on your Stag horn and what little you need to do to care for it! Your shadow looks so comfortable snoozing there enjoying the sunshine 💕💕
Your beautiful dog 🐕 loves your calming voice. I am learning how to talk soft like you, so my plants can be pretty like yours. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Wow... I know everyone thinks yours is big... but it’s maybe 1/3 the size of my moms. Hers is so big that the center mass is about 6 feet around without the leaves. The hurricane knocked her maple down where it was hanging and let me tell you... it took 6 very strong guys to drag it... yep I said drag... there was no way to lift it. It is just too big. Then we had to hoist chain into an oak tree and using a pulley system and all 6 people we got it hung again. And believe it or not... we have my grandmothers original staghorn that we took my moms as a baby from it’s about 78 yrs old now. I’m supposed to inherit this plant .... Problem with these guys is they do get SO big and you really need to be able to hang them and well I have nowhere to put it.
Great story thanks for sharing. My neighbours have a very large 40 year old one their mum gave one of them, these are very special plants that appear to 'bring people together in conversation & sharing". I love them. About to mount my first large one that came out of a very old big Grass Tree in Australia up in the mountains that a wind blew down.
It's 2 years later and maybe you did but why not propagate to others an keep only the best parts in the family? You'll need a proper handsaw though, lol. Also a clear vision how to do it. Fantastic, giant Staghorn. Good luck!
rick, your stag is magnificent. it’s no wonder... it probably senses how much you care for it. i adopted an elkhorn early this year, and then a staghorn which grew enough in the first 6 weeks that i could mount it on a board. and now he’s spreading out. the elk horn too, growing upright in soil. they have their own purposeful characters which i truly enjoy! love all your posts... i have 11 beautiful orchids which are doing so well... you inspired me to do the calmag feedings... what happy plants! cheers....
I work at a garden centre and we had good sized ones of these in a while back and no one bought them, they were reduced down to pennies to clear but I just don’t have the room 😭 I agree, beautiful plants...thanks for sharing!
At the end when you said any plant, i think the time was at 4 min and 50 sec.it keeps you wanting to care for somethin ect. I had never thought of it that way, you are a very wise man, and thank you, i have 2 baby ones, they are awesome, and so is your dog at the window taking a break..take care..
Rick, I loved your dialogue on your staghorn fern. I’m hooked on caring for mine. Now, as Winter approaches, I’m trying to find the right spot in our living room that gives it the right light. I found that in the summer /autumn months the window sills were too bright. I agree with your comment in that it is good to care for things other than self🙏 Thank you!
I love this video thank you for all the pro tips. I got one with big leaves in a 4 inch pot with soil at my local nursery for $3.50. I'm planning on mounting it on something with sphagnum moss when it's pretty acclimated in my room. If you have other tips on how to give this precious staghorn fern the optimal care please swing it my way!
I place mine in wire baskets with a coco liner, I added some bark and potting soil mixed together......it grows over the baskets pretty quick.........mine has 6-7 baskets inside it....lots of sun and water when growing...
Amazing! You advice putting three young ones in a hanging basket… what positioning would you do for initial placement. Just on the top or along the side so they are hanging?
Hey I have just bought one from the store. I’ve put it right next to a east facing window. It’s in plastic pot. Any tips on what I should be doing? Beginner here
....lots of light....not direct.....let it dry ...then soak it......then let it dry....and soak it......air flow help as as well....then stand back...they get big fast....
I have one it is about 5 yrs old I has swallowed up the wire basket, if I put it in another basket do I have to add anything else ? I'm so glad that I watch your video because I did not know what to do . Thank you !
We bought a staghorn in our first year of marriage, 1978, not knowing much about it. It is now huge, and I am not sure what to do with it. The hanging basket seems like a good choice, so wish me luck!
What a magnificent plant! My grandma had one for years and years and it got to be so huge. I just bought one but I may be in over my head because I live in an apartment... haha I hope I can hang it somehow with something sturdy. This was a great video and your dog is adorable!
Dont know if this is a silly question but how can i make it grow more leaves and becomes big eventually? Mine stopped growing for a year now! It has only one that has a brown bottom leaf
What part of the country do you live in. Been watching a bunch of videos on stag horns most are in humid areas. I am in the desert and worry about only watering once a month with the dry very hot weather. What a beautiful plant.
Love your staghorn. I’m have a stagehorn that’s in a plastic pot. I’m going to plant it in a wire basket. Did you have a lot of soil, bark run off in the beginning stages , when watering? Thanks
Oh my, what a majestic fellow you've got there! Mine is about a meter wide and i feel like a proud fern mom, can't wait till it starts eating up baskets and breaking the ceiling :D
Thank you for sharing. I have a staghorn that I got from an area nursery back in the spring and it’s not looking the healthiest. It’s in a pot of dirt. I do have a metal basket with a coco liner like you have in the window. I wonder if it would do better like that.
......I grew mine in a basket with a coco liner and some potting soil mixed with some bark mulch....that basket and 6 others is still inside it.....lol....they need lots of drainage.........soak them like an orchid......then let them dry all the way.......then repeat........Good luck Jacob
Hi! Sorry to comment on this years later, but i recently came into possession of three different kinds of staghorn, is tap water a big no for the species? I know a lot of ferns dont enjoy tap water, and i dont wish to harm such a beautiful kind of plant.
.....thats a great question.....my tap is 160ppm.....which is low and very good water.......check yours.....if its high like 350ppm or more I would find better water to use......even 150ppm can be bad, depending on whats in it....I used my tap water on my staghorn and it never bothered it at all......they are such beautiful plants and grow very fast
Spots could be Cercospora fungus. Common spots on Orchid leaves and most garden trees. I have seen Staghorns in the Wattagans forests Australia so big in tree crown possible size of small car. Extremely heavy. You don't want to hang around under these. That is the only reason I never wanted to grow Staghorne/Elkhornes. Great plant you have there.
Had a friend in Key West that had one of these hanging in his garden outside. Once a year he would throw a bunch of bananas up on top to use for fertilizer. It was seriously gigantic.
@@rickl.orchids When I visited South Florida they were hanging all over the neighborhood trees! Giant ones. The most fascinating plant ever in my collection here in CA
@@ramonaharvan177 .......I dearly miss mine,....it was over 300lb...and was to much for me to take care of.....but Im happy to say....it hangs in the conservitory at Sanford University.....getting well for.
He or she needs a name... I still chuckle as I have had people help me move rocks...my specimen collection...but nothing this big...Amazing yet scary it is SO HUGE....awesome and massive...
To be honest I never had bugs of any kind not even in the orchids yet (except for one dendrobium and he's in quarantine, asked Roger if he could send me some so I would be in the club ;-)
I have been on the fence about getting one. Because as I get old it will be getting big. Still I think am going to get one anyway. If it gets to be to much I can always sell it.
I rescued 4 large stag horn balls from a tear down at a construction site. They are now 7 ft., 6 ft., 6 ft, and 5 ft. in radius, and almost thrive on benign neglect. I spray them in the fall after the very dry santa an a winds dry them out, (the winds that cause all the fires in California.) That’s it! They’re hanging under trees, so they get both shade and sun. Gorgeous and so easy!
Very kewl
OMG I'd do anything to have one in my home!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful and awesome insight.
Glad you enjoyed it!
First off... GORGEOUS!
Second... thank you so much for sharing!❤
I'm doing a bit of research before i bring a staghorm into our plant family. I saw my first staghorn a few months ago at a nursery and was INSTANTLY in love.🥰
I inherited the one that my parents had my entire life. My mother got it when I was about 7 or 8 years old. That plant (which we call Big Boy) is about 4 feet in diameter with just the root ball and probably 6 ft with the leaves protruding out. My great aunt pulled it off her chain link fence in Miami Springs and brought it to Texas with her, and when she decided to move back to Florida she gave it to Mom. That was almost 60 years ago. We love Big Boy and we’ve never seen one as big as he is. ❤
This is an EPIC plant, love your pulley system and long term plant pal. Awesome vid.
I wish I had watched this 25 minutes ago before I wrapped mine in sheet moss and tied it! I’ll have to get another one to try in a wire basket! What a gorgeous plant you have there!
This Staghorn is fantastic! I will get some small ones and try this!
Beautiful staghorn! Also your voice sounds like George Clooney would love to see maybe a yearly update?
Love It...I finally came across one and I’m searching for tips ! I also have all types of plants....I’m A Plant Hoarder💚I have a 13’Umbrella Plant in my living room,I too have high ceilings.Drives my hub nuts that I have plants everywhere😆Thank you for sharing !
Staghorn fern is great. How is the darling dog?
I have three and they are about 30 years old.Two are that size and one is about twice that size.I can not think about moving them.I just had to replace the cable and hang them with chain.Yes they love banana peels for some nutrients they get out of them.They are like a giant sponge and take gallons of water when they get this big.I do have to cover them with blankets when it gets cold like frost.I made a rack with 4 by 4s kind of like a swing set and they hang where a swing would go.For that matter a old swing set would work too.Just put a eye for it to clip on and off.
Hello from Florida. Your Stag is an absolutely beauty. I love how the sun hits her just right. I can not wait for mine to get so big However mine is fairly new.
I use fish tank water on mine it was almost dead got it on clearance at Lowe's was just one leaf and now she's needing a new pot after 3 months watering every other week lightly.your stag horn is gorgeous!
I cant help but be impressed looking at how you have it hanging in the house....beautifully huge !
Kim-n-Brian ....Our farm it looks like a living disco ball!
Beautiful plant. I just bought one and mounted it on a cedar board last week. The other one I bought is still in a pot until I decide what to do with it. Thank you for sharing your amazing fern!
wonderful Dawn....they will grow fast.....
I have one that's 25 years old similar in size to yours. My admiration of yours is understood. Thank you.
It's incredible hearing you talk about it. I hope I have this much success with mine.
1983!!! W O W! She’s an amazing girl! Thanks for posting 😃🪴
Your staghorn is gorgeous. Thank you for the video.
I care for mine by throwing banana peels into it about 6 times a year. Other than that, here in Florida it is humid and only gets rain. My husband made a stainless steel ball 48" in diameter for my staghorn fern to hang on a very large avocado tree. He owned a welding shop at the time. 8 years later we moved and it was too large and too heavy to move so we left it for the new owner. Today I wish I had it back as my stag horn is about 2 feet in diameter, not including the leaves but it does hang under a large oak tree. I have a few brown spots as well.
The frame you welded is a great design. Thanks for the closeup of that. My husband is contemplating building a new frame. Good to know you were putting one basket inside a larger one. I think we'll use that idea.
Great video!! I love your stag horn it looks like a chandelier 💕
Definitely part of the family, its lovely. Your dog is adorable.
thanks........thats Angus....
Interesting video on your Stag horn and what little you need to do to care for it! Your shadow looks so comfortable snoozing there enjoying the sunshine 💕💕
That plant is as old as me… and just as awesome 🤩
thank you so much.......I agree your awesome.
Amazing to see you staghorn plant! It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your experience! I bought one some months ago, and it's growing fast!
This plant is one of the mostly beautiful that you have in your garden. For my eyes.. I am allways happy to see it back.It is very special plant♥
Your beautiful dog 🐕 loves your calming voice. I am learning how to talk soft like you, so my plants can be pretty like yours. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
wonderful words.........your very kind......
Wow... I know everyone thinks yours is big... but it’s maybe 1/3 the size of my moms. Hers is so big that the center mass is about 6 feet around without the leaves. The hurricane knocked her maple down where it was hanging and let me tell you... it took 6 very strong guys to drag it... yep I said drag... there was no way to lift it. It is just too big. Then we had to hoist chain into an oak tree and using a pulley system and all 6 people we got it hung again. And believe it or not... we have my grandmothers original staghorn that we took my moms as a baby from it’s about 78 yrs old now. I’m supposed to inherit this plant .... Problem with these guys is they do get SO big and you really need to be able to hang them and well I have nowhere to put it.
.....wow.....wonderful story.......78yrs old......fantastic.......you dont want to loose that........thanks for sharing that story..
Great story thanks for sharing. My neighbours have a very large 40 year old one their mum gave one of them, these are very special plants that appear to 'bring people together in conversation & sharing". I love them. About to mount my first large one that came out of a very old big Grass Tree in Australia up in the mountains that a wind blew down.
It's 2 years later and maybe you did but why not propagate to others an keep only the best parts in the family? You'll need a proper handsaw though, lol. Also a clear vision how to do it. Fantastic, giant Staghorn. Good luck!
Same with our staghorn. It’s about 60 years old, giant and very heavy!
What a spectacular plant! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Spectacular plant! Thanks for sharing! 😀
awesome plant
thank you Dr. Lim
rick, your stag is magnificent. it’s no wonder... it probably senses how much you care for it. i adopted an elkhorn early this year, and then a staghorn which grew enough in the first 6 weeks that i could mount it on a board. and now he’s spreading out. the elk horn too, growing upright in soil. they have their own purposeful characters which i truly enjoy! love all your posts... i have 11 beautiful orchids which are doing so well... you inspired me to do the calmag feedings... what happy plants! cheers....
wonderful to hear...........lve the Elkhorns........beautiful
Great video, thanks. When you lower it down to water it, what do you put under it so the floor doesn't get wet please ?
I work at a garden centre and we had good sized ones of these in a while back and no one bought them, they were reduced down to pennies to clear but I just don’t have the room 😭 I agree, beautiful plants...thanks for sharing!
thank you Fiona.......
At the end when you said any plant, i think the time was at 4 min and 50 sec.it keeps you wanting to care for somethin ect. I had never thought of it that way, you are a very wise man, and thank you, i have 2 baby ones, they are awesome, and so is your dog at the window taking a break..take care..
Beautiful Rick, they do grow like that down here, on trees too. Man they get massive! Incredible plants, if you have the room..kudos!!!
LOVE THAT!!! I have 2, yours put mine to shame .lol. Lovel all your videos
Love to see it , looks so beautiful inside keeping inside love your videos 👍
true words. Always great to have a plant around. thanks for the videos rick
Beautiful love it I got one love plants thank you for sharing God bless .
It's beautiful! I wish it were mine! Thanks for sharing
❤❤this video.. Rick I grow staghorn n O in one basket.. species O for sure.. Thank you Rick!
so sweet Pipien,,,thank you.....
Wow !!! Beautiful staghorn.
Rick, I loved your dialogue on your staghorn fern. I’m hooked on caring for mine. Now, as Winter approaches, I’m trying to find the right spot in our living room that gives it the right light.
I found that in the summer /autumn months the window sills were too bright.
I agree with your comment in that it is good to care for things other than self🙏 Thank you!
This is simply magnificent, we just got our 1st 2 stag horns. Wish us luck.
Wowwwww 1983, thats too old plant, I was not even born :D Awesome... I am sure this must be your one of most loving plant. :)
one of my favorites.......thank you
I love this video thank you for all the pro tips. I got one with big leaves in a 4 inch pot with soil at my local nursery for $3.50. I'm planning on mounting it on something with sphagnum moss when it's pretty acclimated in my room. If you have other tips on how to give this precious staghorn fern the optimal care please swing it my way!
I place mine in wire baskets with a coco liner, I added some bark and potting soil mixed together......it grows over the baskets pretty quick.........mine has 6-7 baskets inside it....lots of sun and water when growing...
Beautiful
do you put the original fern in a wire basket facing up of facing upside down?
Amazing! You advice putting three young ones in a hanging basket… what positioning would you do for initial placement. Just on the top or along the side so they are hanging?
woaaaah, this is so pretty. I just got a staghorn fern and they're such interesting plants.
Hey I have just bought one from the store. I’ve put it right next to a east facing window. It’s in plastic pot. Any tips on what I should be doing? Beginner here
....lots of light....not direct.....let it dry ...then soak it......then let it dry....and soak it......air flow help as as well....then stand back...they get big fast....
How many plants are in there? Is that all just one fern?
I have one it is about 5 yrs old I has swallowed up the wire basket, if I put it in another basket do I have to add anything else ? I'm so glad that I watch your video because I did not know what to do . Thank you !
We bought a staghorn in our first year of marriage, 1978, not knowing much about it. It is now huge, and I am not sure what to do with it. The hanging basket seems like a good choice, so wish me luck!
What a magnificent plant! My grandma had one for years and years and it got to be so huge. I just bought one but I may be in over my head because I live in an apartment... haha I hope I can hang it somehow with something sturdy. This was a great video and your dog is adorable!
Mercy Rick every time I see that staghorn I’m in awe! I’m going to make mine a vanda basket soon as I get a chance. Lol
....it will love a vanda basket......
Holy moly... this looks incredible! I will repot my two Bifurcatums right away in a hanging basket, this looks just insane!
Dont know if this is a silly question but how can i make it grow more leaves and becomes big eventually? Mine stopped growing for a year now! It has only one that has a brown bottom leaf
What part of the country do you live in. Been watching a bunch of videos on stag horns most are in humid areas. I am in the desert and worry about only watering once a month with the dry very hot weather. What a beautiful plant.
very impressive ive been. given one I hope I can care for it like you
😳😳❤️❤️❤️This is absolutely amazing
Such a great fern horn mine favorite plant
Beautiful! Love it.
This made my day. This is so beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely beautiful
i have a staghorn supperbum.. awesome plant..:)
Wow!!!! AMAZING SPECIMEN!!!
Question. I have a huge one. Brown spores on leaves. The leaves hang almost to the floor in my sun room. How do I get it to pollinate to make more?
Wow! Beautiful!
OMG absolutely beautiful!💞
Love your staghorn. I’m have a stagehorn that’s in a plastic pot. I’m going to plant it in a wire basket. Did you have a lot of soil, bark run off in the beginning stages , when watering? Thanks
I love spider plants they are my first love I fell in love with plants and they were my first love
I’ve been wanting to get one! And you have one wow 😮 beautiful
Stunning.... I hope I can grow mine half as big... wow. Can you tell me what way your windows are? Mine is in my south facing
they face due south as well...…….getting some beautiful sunshine today.....
I love it !!!!!
Mine is HUGE and they are so simple until you have to replant it!!!!
What a beauty!
Does it need a lot of sun?
Oh my, what a majestic fellow you've got there! Mine is about a meter wide and i feel like a proud fern mom, can't wait till it starts eating up baskets and breaking the ceiling :D
heh heh heh.........oh it will.......they grow very fast.
This is incredible!! Well done!
OMG! IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
Omg it’s so beautiful!
wow! Absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you for sharing. I have a staghorn that I got from an area nursery back in the spring and it’s not looking the healthiest. It’s in a pot of dirt. I do have a metal basket with a coco liner like you have in the window. I wonder if it would do better like that.
......I grew mine in a basket with a coco liner and some potting soil mixed with some bark mulch....that basket and 6 others is still inside it.....lol....they need lots of drainage.........soak them like an orchid......then let them dry all the way.......then repeat........Good luck Jacob
Hi! Sorry to comment on this years later, but i recently came into possession of three different kinds of staghorn, is tap water a big no for the species? I know a lot of ferns dont enjoy tap water, and i dont wish to harm such a beautiful kind of plant.
.....thats a great question.....my tap is 160ppm.....which is low and very good water.......check yours.....if its high like 350ppm or more I would find better water to use......even 150ppm can be bad, depending on whats in it....I used my tap water on my staghorn and it never bothered it at all......they are such beautiful plants and grow very fast
@@rickl.orchids Thank you so much!! Very excited to see these new plants settle into my room with all my other ones haha. Take care! :]
I liked your video!!
Spots could be Cercospora fungus. Common spots on Orchid leaves and most garden trees. I have seen Staghorns in the Wattagans forests Australia so big in tree crown possible size of small car. Extremely heavy. You don't want to hang around under these. That is the only reason I never wanted to grow Staghorne/Elkhornes. Great plant you have there.
Had a friend in Key West that had one of these hanging in his garden outside. Once a year he would throw a bunch of bananas up on top to use for fertilizer. It was seriously gigantic.
......as odd as that sounds......your not the first to tell me something like that........I wish I could send mine to south Florida...
@@rickl.orchids When I visited South Florida they were hanging all over the neighborhood trees! Giant ones. The most fascinating plant ever in my collection here in CA
@@ramonaharvan177 .......I dearly miss mine,....it was over 300lb...and was to much for me to take care of.....but Im happy to say....it hangs in the conservitory at Sanford University.....getting well for.
He or she needs a name... I still chuckle as I have had people help me move rocks...my specimen collection...but nothing this big...Amazing yet scary it is SO HUGE....awesome and massive...
Beautiful plant. How often do you water. I live in the tropics
.....thank you..........outside mother nature waters it..........inside I water it every month or so...........
What is the ratio of soil to bark you do? Also do you poke any of the ferns between the wires of the basket to promote it to grow around the basket?
How can I grow like that?
that is an impressive plant
Beautiful plant
I could never keep these alive, but I have a spiderplant of 15 years and around 25 pounds it just doesn't want to die ;-)
wow.....that's impressive, ..very nice....I have had so many, but they usually fall prey to mites, etc....cause of my own neglect.......
To be honest I never had bugs of any kind not even in the orchids yet (except for one dendrobium and he's in quarantine, asked Roger if he could send me some so I would be in the club ;-)
That is awesome.
Up.
A treasure,congratulations.
I have been on the fence about getting one. Because as I get old it will be getting big. Still I think am going to get one anyway. If it gets to be to much I can always sell it.
Love this plant. Congrats. So you plant it in bark and compost?