Staghorn fern

Fascinating plant! An “epiphyte” that grows its own pot! Here are leaves shooting out through the “shield leaves” that contain the water and moisture the plant requires. This particular plant is attached to a piece of plywood, I think, and hanging on a door.

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Platycerium_bifurcatum&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“Only frame on a long travel day”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-04-21
2 years ago (“Xu and Markum”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-21
3 years ago (“More storm damage…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-21

[Danette Thompson]

I love the pov.

[Rick Schies]

Well I must say, this one is quite unique