Platycerium willinckii ‘Spur’
plat-ee-SIR-ee-um wil-LINK-ee-eye SPUR
Also recorded as: Spur · 骨刺 All names
Front view of a young cultivated Platycerium willinckii ‘Spur’ at Haruhana in Taiwan, showing its compact radial habit, broad silver fertile fronds, pronounced lengthwise veins, and irregular pointed projections along the frond margins.
Juvenile · July 12, 2024 · © Haruhana · All rights reservedSpur combines a small overall size with angular fronds and conspicuous, spur-like points. The book Staghorn Diary illustrates it as Nook #6, the collector’s numbered plant within Dwarf Nook special material.
- Species
- willinckii
- Reported origin
- Thailand Details
Description
A compact, dwarf selection of P. willinckii.
Broad, diamond-shaped sections with pronounced veins and pointed projections along the fronds give Spur its distinctive outline.
Spur combines a small overall size with angular fronds and conspicuous, spur-like points. The book Staghorn Diary illustrates it as Nook #6, the collector’s numbered plant within Dwarf Nook special material.
Classification
Platycerium
willinckii
Names and usage
Original name · English
Translated name · Traditional Chinese
Origin & history
Reported originThailand
Spur is a particular selected plant from the Dwarf Nook spore-grown line, sourced through plant supplier CNX Exotic Fern and selected and named in Taiwan by the collector known as 黃鳥哥. The 2025 book 鹿角蕨日記簿：栽培與觀賞 (Staghorn Diary) identifies it as Spur (Nook #6), one of the Dwarf Nook special plants he collected.
The collector known as 黃鳥哥, an orthopedic surgeon and staghorn-fern grower, named Spur (骨刺, meaning bone spur) for the pointed projections on its fronds. The name connects the plant’s appearance with his work treating bone spurs.
People and organizations
黃鳥哥 / Yellow Bird Brother
Person · TaiwanThe first-person account reproduced by PlatyWiki describes Spur as his sixth Dwarf Nook special selection.
黃鳥哥 / Yellow Bird Brother
Person · TaiwanThe same account explains why he chose the name Spur.
Supporting photographs
Side view of the young Spur plant at Haruhana in Taiwan, documenting the short upright-to-outward fertile fronds, angular divisions, and pointed terminal and marginal projections emerging from the moss mount.
Juvenile · July 12, 2024 · © Haruhana · All rights reservedLow backlit view of young Spur fertile fronds, emphasizing their upright posture, silvery surface covering, deeply cut angular tips, and the spur-like points silhouetted along their margins.
Juvenile · July 12, 2024 · © Haruhana · All rights reservedClose view of Spur fertile fronds, showing the dense silver surface hairs, strong lengthwise veins, asymmetrically forked tips, and small pointed teeth that create the selection’s distinctive spurred outline.
Fertile frond · July 12, 2024 · © Haruhana · All rights reservedLineage & species
Lineage
Spur lineage
Spur is a selected Dwarf Nook sporeling sourced through CNX Exotic Fern.
willinckii
P. willinckii ‘Dwarf Nook’
The Spur selector’s account identifies it as a selected Dwarf Nook special sporeling.
Propagation
- Produces pups / vegetative offspring
Documented claims
Historical and factual accounts shown with their review status and supporting sources.
Lineage
Spur lineage
Spur is a selected Dwarf Nook sporeling sourced through CNX Exotic Fern.
Selection history
Spur selection history
The namer described Spur as his sixth Dwarf Nook “special” collection, with diamond-shaped leaves, pointed spurs, and deep veins.
Naming
Spur naming
The collector known as 黃鳥哥 named it Spur because he was an orthopedic surgeon familiar with bone spurs and the plant had thorn-like projections.
Morphology
Spur’s distinctive fronds
Spur has diamond-shaped frond sections, deep veins, and pointed projections that inspired its name.
Propagation
Vegetative propagation
Japanese plant nursery IMAMA offers Spur as original-clone pups. The grower who named Spur also describes sharing and selling young plants produced by his selected plant, in an account reproduced by PlatyWiki.
Sources
PlatyWiki
Spur / 骨刺 ↗︎Date not established黃鳥哥 / Yellow Bird Brother
[Facebook post recounting the origin of Spur / 骨刺] ↗︎Date not established黃仕傑
鹿角蕨日記簿：栽培與觀賞 ↗︎2025IMAMA
P. willinckii Spur — OC pup (27 April 2026 listing) ↗︎Date not established
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