Iconic Stag Garden | Discovery | Gardening Australia

Jerry visits a plant collector whose passion is epiphytic Platycerium ferns. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/GA-subscribe Sheldon McLeod says the collecting bug was picked up from his father and grandfather. The two best-know Australian plants in the Platycerium family are Staghorn and Elkhorn. When Sheldon found out there were other species in the genus, he just had to find them. Filmed on Turrbal & Yuggera Country | Brisbane, Qld Featured plants: 🌱 Staghorn (Platycerium superbum, Platycerium ridleyi, Platycerium ridleyi ‘Wide’) Elkhorn (Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium andinum, Platycerium bifurcatum subsp. willinckii ‘Jade Girl’, Platycerium ‘Imperatrix’, Platycerium andinum x elephantotis ‘Antis’, Platycerium madagascariense) Silver Elkhorn (Platycerium veitchii) Learn more: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-... This segment is from Gardening Australia Season 35, Episode 16 titled "Autumn: Fantastic ferns & rooftop farming". ___________________________________________ Gardening Australia is an ABC TV program providing gardening know-how and inspiration. Presented by Australia's leading horticultural experts, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners through the television program, the magazine, books, DVDs and extensive online content. Watch more: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/gard... Facebook:   / gardeningaustralia   Instagram:   / gardeningaustralia   Web: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening ___________________________________________ This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).