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Dave.
Lv 4
Dave. asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 7 years ago

Is it true that the staghorn fern on a tree in my backyard is something special?

There is this bulbous, almost fungi-like growth about three feet in diameter growing on a tree in my back yard and my Mother told me that it should be prized, I am lucky and to feed it banana peels. Is that true, or is she pulling my leg?

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  • mick
    Lv 6
    7 years ago
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    Yes and no.

    It is indeed an unusual plant to find in a garden. Anyway, it won't swallow any banan peels and neither should you :)

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