Cultivated SS Foong showing an upright shield crown and long, finely divided fertile fronds.
Mature · © Haruhana · All rights reservedThe extensive branching of the fertile fronds helps distinguish SS Foong from Foong Si Qi, a separate plant whose tips are notably curled.
- Species
- Not yet determined
- Reported origin
- Malaysia Details
Description
Mature plants have many narrow, descending branches that create a dense, finger-like outline.
The book describes mature fertile fronds with sori and more than a hundred divided, finger-like tips.
The extensive branching of the fertile fronds helps distinguish SS Foong from Foong Si Qi, a separate plant whose tips are notably curled.
Classification
Platycerium
Not yet determined
Names and usage
Trade name · English
Alternate spelling · English
Translated name · Traditional Chinese
Origin & history
Reported originMalaysia
The 2025 book 鹿角蕨日記簿：栽培與觀賞 credits Malaysian grower S. S. Foong with breeding and cultivating SS Foong. Foong discusses the plant in a 2023 interview. The book reports that a plant grown on a coconut trunk became known as the “coconut tree” individual; this refers to that source plant, not to every SS Foong. It also reports a joint purchase of the mother plant by four Taiwanese plant businesses.
2021
The book prints SSFoong beside 千手觀音.
Supporting photographs
Close view of SS Foong’s pale fertile frond dividing into narrow, finger-like tips.
Fertile frond · © Haruhana · All rights reservedLineage & species
Parentage
Parentage unknown
The 2025 book explicitly describes SS Foong’s parentage as unknown.
Documented claims
Historical and factual accounts shown with their review status and supporting sources.
Origin & history
S. S. Foong cultivated SS Foong in Malaysia
The 2025 book credits Malaysian grower S. S. Foong with breeding and cultivating SS Foong.
Parentage
Parentage unknown
The 2025 book explicitly describes SS Foong’s parentage as unknown.
Description
Highly divided fertile fronds
The book describes sori-bearing fertile fronds that can develop more than a hundred finger-like divisions.
Naming
SS Foong name used by January 2021
A dated Japanese grower diary uses the name SS Foong on 14 January 2021.
Naming
Chinese name 千手觀音
The 2025 book prints 千手觀音 beside SSFoong.
Cultivation history
Coconut-trunk individual and joint mother-plant purchase
The book reports that a source plant grown on a coconut trunk was called the “coconut tree” individual and that four Taiwanese plant businesses jointly purchased the mother plant.
Sources
Kawan Rusa and S. S. Foong
Kawan Rusa interview with S. S. Foong, part 1 ↗︎2023黃仕傑
鹿角蕨日記簿：栽培與觀賞 ↗︎2025Calm Plants
SS Foong grower account ↗︎Date not establishedGreenSnap contributor
SS Foong grower diary ↗︎2021
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