爪哇鹿角蕨

水龍骨科

學名:Platycerium willinckii T. Moore

英名:Elkhorn Fern

別名:麋角蕨、蝙蝠蕨、鹿角羊齒、長葉鹿角蕨、威廉氏鹿角蕨

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特色簡介 Feature Description

鹿角蕨是近年最受歡迎的植物之一,常用於商店擺飾,營造別具風格的品味。原產於爪哇島,屬於多芽型鹿角蕨,容易分生成叢。葉片有兩種型態:綠色或黃褐色的盾狀貼附葉是營養葉,邊緣有鬚狀裂片是重要特徵;帶狀下垂葉則是胞子葉,胞子囊群生長在胞子葉末端的鹿角分叉處背面。因為細長的比例較其他種類突顯,因此又稱長葉鹿角蕨。

Elkhorn Fern is one of the most popular plants in recent years, often used for store decorations to create a unique taste. Native to Java, it is a multi-bud Elkhorn Fern, easily divides into clumps. Two types of fronds: green or yellow-brown and shield shaped basal fronds, the whiskery lobes on the edges are an important feature; strap-shaped drooping fronds are fertile ones bearing sori positioned on the undersurface at the sinus. It has more slender fronds of other close-related species, it’s also known as long-leaf Elkhorn Fern.

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簡介 Description

鹿角蕨屬多年生草本,原產於東南亞爪哇島的多芽型鹿角蕨。葉有兩型。營養葉為盾狀,常為黃褐色,在冬季或早春時會長出新的營養葉。帶狀葉為胞子葉,葉面及葉腹具有絨毛;新葉毛絨明顯,在生長後絨毛會漸疏。

A perennial herb in the genus Platycerium. It’s a multi-pup staghorn fern native to Java Island of Southeast Asia. The fern bears two types of fronds; the vegetative fronds are shield-shaped, often yellowish brown and new ones emerging in winter or early spring; the fertile fronds are strap-like, villous on the both surfaces and new ones have distinct villi which gradually thin out with time.

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栽培 Cultivation

全日照散射環境下種植生長較為快速,在半日照也可以生長,夏天須注意通風及遮陰。由於生長在熱帶地區,冬天要注意保暖。在水分充足情況下,生長快速,較容易生側芽。

Cultivation: It thrives faster under full-day diffused sunlight and can withstand partial sunlight. The planting site has to be well-ventilated and shaded in summer. As a tropical plant, it needs kept warm in winter. Sufficient moisture can accelerate the plant growth as well as the lateral pups.

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應用 Application

特殊的型態深受喜愛,常用於表現花藝、景觀設計作品中,亦或在居家栽培中懸掛在高牆上做為壁飾植栽。

Highly valued for the unique shape, this plant is often used in floral art and landscape design, or mounted on a high wall as a decorative houseplant.