Pages

▼

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Fern, Platycerium superbum

This beautiful fern wrapped the tree like a ribbon.
 @ a garden in Davao City

Platycerium superbum, commonly known as the Stag Horn Fern, is a Platycerium species of fern.  It is native to Australia, in east central New South Wales north of Nabiac and in Queensland.  It is a bracket epiphyte occurring in and near rainforests.  Platycerium superbum is very widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.  

straight out of the camera

 
Linking to Mandarin Orange Monday


at

12 comments:

  1. Hootin AnniFebruary 4, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    That is one amazing nature phenomenon. Wow...it's gorgeous.

    ReplyDelete
  2. vincibeneFebruary 4, 2013 at 7:46 PM

    Gorgeous big fern!

    The bugs are firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus. They are allover the world.

    ReplyDelete
  3. ZosiaFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:05 PM

    Gorgeous and so impressive. So different from the plants we have in Europe.

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:08 PM

    That is one gorgeous plant! Thanks for visiting me and leaving such kind words.

    ReplyDelete
  5. carol l mckennaFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:10 PM

    Wow! Great shots and so tropical and intricate ~ Nice to
    'view' as MA has snow!

    Carol of (A Creative Harbor) ^_^ on Blogger

    ReplyDelete
  6. Inside CambodiaFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:48 PM

    The play with colours is great! It does look like a nice "wrapper".

    ReplyDelete
  7. NatureFootstepFebruary 5, 2013 at 2:59 AM

    love both of them. But maybe the first one a little bit more. The fern looks interesting in it self.

    ReplyDelete
  8. EJFebruary 5, 2013 at 5:22 AM

    How quaint!

    My Orange
    Your comment will be greatly appreciated.

    ReplyDelete
  9. lorikFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:46 AM

    I like the original photo very much - but I just LOVE what you did with it! Great processing! Thank you for sharing with Mandarin Orange Monday:)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Gemma WisemanFebruary 5, 2013 at 3:21 PM

    An amazing, "ambidextrous" fern! Adore the colour tones in that first photo! As if light is glowing in the leaves!

    ReplyDelete
  11. LeoviFebruary 5, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Delicious compositions with beautiful colors in both versions. Exquisite.

    ReplyDelete
  12. LizFebruary 6, 2013 at 2:01 AM

    Beautiful shots of the beautiful plant. Have a fabulous week!

    Liz (yacb)

    ReplyDelete

I'm glad you found your way here. I appreciate the time you took to leave a comment. *xoxo*