How to MOUNT PLATYCERIUM (Staghorn Fern) into a PIECE OF ART with 10 PRO TIPS
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2021
- Learn the art of how to mount the platycerium or staghorn fern into a beautiful piece of art with Lone Wong, a passionate staghorn collector. Included here are many tips on the do's and don'ts during the process. Method here is inspired by the Japanese and Taiwanese who treats their platycerium like a masterpiece.
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Very helpful video. I like how he explains his thought process instead of just putting something together in a few minutes. Very helpful video.
When I first found the video I was like, "Yay, I'm gonna learn how to mount a staghorn fern!" After watching the video, I'm like, "Nope, I'm never mounting a staghorn fern!"
Strangely I feel the same...🤭
🤣🫣 it is a little intimidating! 😵
I tried it and gotta say it's actually quite easy. Did it all by myself, zero help.
Does he have a channel
I think that this looks intimidating to the average person. This guy is a professional and has has alot of practice so don't expect yours to look this way on your first try. I had alot of anxiety when I was re-doing mine. I had to harvest some of the plant because it was just getting to big to handle. I just got out my "Ginsu" knife and tackled it. I put mine in a wire basket filled with Spaghnum moss. 3 around the side and 1 in the middle top.
These are truly amazing plants. When I lived in the Florida Keys I often saw examples growing in peoples yards I'm sure weighing over a thousand ponds.
On the use of screws to directly screw to the board, I would like to suggest using a small drill bit about 2mm diameter to pre drill the holes then install the screws. Very safe method as some wood are very hard.
Thank you ...I shall show this to my husband so that he can learn 😁
@Go Surf lol nobody asked but go off sis
agree, without a small hole to start with, the screw will slip. Alternatively hammer a small nail just to get a starting point , works well.
Especially with those brass screws easy to strip even with a predrilled hole
Clearly he’s a perfectionist !
What a gift you got girl! Thank you so much for sharing.
This is exactly the video i needed!!! So informative and detailed
Really gorgeous form and looks healthy .
That looks so satisfying to make. Very interesting plant love its leaves esp. the big one wow!
Amazing plant! Thanks for sharing your talent
The fern video I have been needing! I have large ferns that were originally purchased mounted to a piece of wood covered in bark. They got a fungal infection hanging inside and I had to remove them from the wood. I’m going to try the pine board with the hole drilled in the back once I get them healthy enough!
other...says hard work ..yah..but after a month..look at that..amazingly beautiful..thanks for sharing...i enjoy watching coz ilove that kind of fern..
I don't think I will ever have the opportunity to do this but I love this video so much. Thank you.
LOVELY ❤👍🏿
Thank you guys . Terima kasih banyak.
Warm regards from Indonesia🌻☔
I bought mine and mounted it all by myself I'm so proud!!!! It took me two trys
Yay congratulations!! I wish I could see it!!
Mature one is stunning. When it covers the moss ball with those leaves, perfection. I have one staghorn fern, but in soil tho, just divided it into 2 new ones the other day, I might try this method.
Thank you dear for this demo , I will try this for sure🌹
Woooooow.
Nice presentation and explained clearly.
I learned it happly 😊.
Thanks a lot both of you 💞
Beautiful 😍
OMG, very beautiful
wonderful video! thanks for sharing.
I am amazed it took me so long to discover your channel. This was a great tutorial and they were all beautiful plants. Thanks guys!
So glad we finally found you!🥰🤗
I was very excited to see the video
What a pretty shot at the end! Nice contrast with the weathered door
Whoosh.. Mounting staghorns requires a lot of effort and patience hahaha
Thank you again for giving us another tips! ♥
Great Video! Thank You For Sharing.
Great video! Never thought of using screws to hold the fishing line!
Love platicerium
This. Video is so helpful. I'm going to do mine soon!
These are beautiful ways to display staghorns, but I know I would make a mess of it.): I’ll stick to a slotted basket ; I think I can handle that task for now.
You are amaizing!!!!!!!!
I love this video. Thank you so much showing how this is done. Quite meditative..😀😌
Ah really? That's the 1st I heard! I thought the drilling was quite anxiety inducing😂
😂😂. I enjoyed the way the fern was tied with the fine thread and the patience with which it was done.. I am a failed diy person so anyone who can put a nail successfully - respect 😌🤣😂
Very informative
I love how we all gotta rev that drill once or twice first!!
😁😁
Bravo! 👏
Wow 💕
Great video!!!
Once the fern completely covers the moss/soil substrate, how do you water the plant and ensure water gets to the root area?
I dunk mine in a bucket of water.
I enjoy you video. Thank you
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Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers :)
26:03 I didn't expect to read that subtitle to be that tragic. Like Heaven compares to Earth. Omg. Lol.
Thanks a lot guys.... 😀
Yeay..love tanduk rusa 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Nice sharing 👍
Great video
Terimakasih tutorialnya 👍👏👏👏
Sangat cantik❤ saya mau belajar nanti😊 Terimakasih atas Video nya 🎉🙏👏
u should soak the moss first so that easier to shape it and make it round
Basically, it's about securing the substrate or growing medium without a holder as you would do in a pot. Using a threadlike fastener would of course be more fiddly compared to something more netlike
What a fantastic piece of living art ah gal 👏🏻👏🏻 But the mounting part is like harder than installing ikea’s bed 🤣
Try pre-drilling the hole. Helps the screw to then enter easily.
13:08
He just never turns down the rotation speed of the drill and doesn't seem like he knows how
If you held it firm and at the right speed the drill won't skip or strip the screw- he seems to know that he doesn't know how to slow it down so he holds the drill really lightly to avoid stripping the screws, but in doing do its making it bounce all over the place
He's feathering the trigger- and she's right when she says it looks dangerous its because it is
Dude is gonna drill a hole through his finger
Nice fern
Kereeennn tipsnya
Terima kasih🤗😊🥰✌️
I didn't think I needed this video but this was very educational! Thank you! It was good to see the new shield frond at the end too :)
Now I'm wondering what he does when he wants to remount one that has grown around the wood?
I mount mine on large slabs of driftwood and my largest one was smothering that driftwood mount so I made a much larger oval mounting board of rough sawn pine boards and then attached the driftwood mount to it which the station is now growing out and over that board.
I wouldn't like to cut it away as it would cause a lot of damage.
Wonderful video, thank you for this! ❤️
What is the brand of the sphagnum moss he used in your mount?
I've got a juvenile that's just about outgrown the kokedama ball it came in but now I'm not sure it's quite ready for mounting. I'm even more worried about my lack of skill and ability to do it correctly after seeing this! 😅
i found this staghorn attached to a tree on the street nearby my house, it looks so gorgeous
Instead of fishing line, you can use gauze roll to. And its really help especially if you have to do it alone.
I love your Video's. @LeafingAround
What can I substitute the moss with? Would coco fiber be suitable?
i got my very first staghorn few months back, and its time to mount it as its has grown all over its pot. thank you very much you two. im so nervous. wish me luck...
I just tried to do myself last weekend. Most time consuming for me is trying to figure out the orientation of the plant! Good luck sis🤗☘️
@@leafing.around thank you sis!
Good presentation.
I'm jealous of the variety of Platyceriums that you have available. Here in Tasmania, I've only come across P. superbum and P. bifurcatum.
Cheers
I dont live in the tropics, so many months it will need to be in my home. How often should I water it?
Nice....I have more than 1000 pices of monsters...plants from India
Thanks you idee...💚💚💛💚💚💛💛💔💔💔
I keep killing the potted ones I buy. Once I can actually keep one alive, I'll follow your instructions here. Thank you ✌🏼
If you are buying from the box store get it out of that pot. Put in wire basket filled with Spaghnum Moss. DONT OVER WATER
I know this plant.Ants love this plant
Awesome video, very informative and impeccable technique!
My question is: once the fern has grown around the moss effectively closing up the moss ( like the Ridley in the video) how do I water it? :D also: what is the specific fertilizer you use?
Kind regards
You can immerse the whole plant in water, even if it's on a board. Let it soak half an hour to an hour, longer the bigger the plant. You can fertilize with, surprise, banana peels. Cut them into small ( 2 inch sections), also soak in water then put the sections between the flat fronds.
nice
Can I mount even if my fern doesn’t have any shield yet??
Hi Irene, how are you... may i ask, van i use Palochina wood for my Platycerum or Staghorn? Or what's the best wood,? Thanks👍💚
I have about 3-4 teeny tiny staghorn ferns and now I'm wondering if I could mount them on a long stick with bark, sort of like a little tree 😍
Ooh ok so I kinda did that but each one on its own plank or board and then hang the board on a big trunk so I can swap them around as needed
Can you use a natural colour of a piece of hosiery over the the moss to keep it down?
so how do you water this if youre placing this inside the house? spray or take it outside? what if it gets soo big?? im planning to put one inside my house too.
Watching again in 2024 !!
Very informative ❤ what soil mix did you use? Chunky?
Depends on where u have the stag! If controlled watering, ok for lots of sphagnum moss and coconut chips as per this video. If under rain all the time then pls don't mount like this...minimal media.
...HEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!🙋♀️😅
---> @LONE, i admire you being a guy who is so hands on with platys. THANK YOU for sharing your expertise - really a learning and inspiring one!🤗.
---> @LEAFINGAROUND, i'm also thinking of a platy mounting services ahahahahaa😅. . .got like 8 to 10 baby platys to mount and wheeeeh thank goodness coz it's only the size of a childs' palm but they are too many to mount. . .THANKS TONS for this video🤗...
Yeah honestly it is so much work! After watching Lone do it, I think I'd continue to ask people to do for me....haha😛🤭
...ahahahahahhaahahahaaahahahaahhaahaaaahahahhahaaaa🤣😂😅🤣😂🤗...
Same will work for Dryneria??
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Good day, where can I purchase the KWR poster of platycerium on the wall behind?
May I please have a question answered? I would like to mount my fern but am unsure if it is one or two in the pot. I see two base fronds that are growing with their underside verticle and facing each other. How would I do this? I wish I could send you a picture but I have NO IDEA how to mount this fern!!!
hi. my sister has 2 platy superbum from Australia growing in her yard and both have babies. how is the safe and correct way to propagate the babies. thank you for the videos, very helpful.
Here in Australia, they grow safely outside if it's a frost free zone.
Platycerium superbum do not produce babies, so you may be referring to Platycerium bifurcatum and those babies I cut out(saving as much of the root system as possible) from the shield of the mother plant using a serrated steak knife. My mounting technique I similar which I show in my videos.
Cheers and good luck. It's fun and very rewarding.
@@waynesweirdworld5788: I have watched your videos. Wish I could find a Superbum here in the states
Is it the spaghnum moss need to soak in water first?
Thank you very much for all the advice. I will make one. Can you give me the name of the variety of this Fern? How long will it take to completely cover the foam?
Hello from France 😉
The one being mounted in the video is P. Kitshakood
It appears to be Platycerium superbum.
With 18 species and numerous cultivars, it gets a bit complicated.
*I would love a source for the spaghnum moss he used!*
do they attach to bare wall concretes?
You can actually trim off the root ball, they are pretty hardy.
Rotate the neck of the power drill to slow down the speed at which it rotates
If youre drilling screws into boards you have to rotate much slower and press firmly to get a good piercing action- too fast and the drill will bounce, and too firm+too fast will strip the backing of the screw
Try slow and firm
How do you water it though once the plant wraps around the entire moss ball? Are you able to pull the leaves back to water the inside or you just mist the plant?
I think sometimes he soak the entire thing in a tub... I just water them as usual. But the Ridley does not like so much water...dunk with care!
Do you sell them? Staghorn fern
He’s so handsome and cutiee 🥰😅
It's easier if you use a hybrid of ridleyi like kitchakodiense. Ridleyi is more challenging and difficult due to its sensitivity.
I see small ferns growing in the top of some of the (Staghorn Ferns). What is that small fern?
5:00 YOU NEED TO PRE-DRILL THE HOLE THEN YOU PLACE THE 🪝 HOOKS.
Predrill the holes
how much sphagnum moss in grams did he use in this video? thank you for sharing this video!
A handful of grams. I didn't see a scale, so they might not be able to answer. Don't worry, it doesn't have to be exact
Just staple a net bag to the board and save yourself a lot of frustration.
How come you do not pre-soak the moss to make it easier in the mounting of the fern? Just wondering.
Was already soaked....sorry forgot to mention or show!
May I know the brand of spagnum moss used. Where to buy and price please. Thanks
That Plant Doctor....and there is an official store in Lazada or shopee or look up on Google map for their retail shop in SG Buloh
How to carefully harvest baby staghorns which are growing around the mother plant?
1st...they need to be bigger...don't take when too small. The rest...I am not so sure...grab as much roots with it as possible? 😄
Predrill would make it easier..