brown tips on Platycerium Bifurcatum
Quick answer
If your Platycerium Bifurcatum has brown tips, the most likely cause is: Platycerium bifurcatum frond tips turn brown or the whole frond wilts when the plant is not getting enough water, when the surrounding air is too dry, or when hard tap water leaves mineral residue on the foliage; the roots cannot keep up with moisture loss through the broad antler-shaped fronds.
Start here:
- 1. Water the plant more often and raise humidity by misting the fronds more frequently with tepid water, especially in a hot, dry room.
- 2. Keep the compost lightly moist at all times rather than letting it dry out completely, because staghorn ferns absorb water through both their roots and their fronds.
Why Platycerium Bifurcatum gets brown tips
platycerium bifurcatum
Platycerium bifurcatum frond tips turn brown or the whole frond wilts when the plant is not getting enough water, when the surrounding air is too dry, or when hard tap water leaves mineral residue on the foliage; the roots cannot keep up with moisture loss through the broad antler-shaped fronds.
How to reverse brown tips on Platycerium Bifurcatum
- 1
Water the plant more often and raise humidity by misting the fronds more frequently with tepid water, especially in a hot, dry room.
- 2
Keep the compost lightly moist at all times rather than letting it dry out completely, because staghorn ferns absorb water through both their roots and their fronds.
- 3
Switch to distilled, filtered, or rainwater if hard tap water is leaving mineral tips on the foliage, and soak mounted plants by leaving them upside down in a bath of tepid water for 20 minutes.
Keep brown tips off this Platycerium Bifurcatum
Mist Platycerium bifurcatum regularly with tepid water in a hot, dry room and never let the compost dry out fully between waterings, because tip-browning is the first visible sign that moisture uptake through roots and fronds has fallen behind atmospheric loss.