Platycerium ‘Unicorn’
Also recorded as: Unicorn · 獨角獸 All names
Front view of cultivated Unicorn, showing its broad, divided, silver-white fronds.
Mature · © Haruhana · All rights reservedPale, broad, divided fronds with upward-curving tips give Unicorn a compact, sculptural appearance.
- Species
- Not yet determined
- Reported origin
- Origin under review Details
Care
Protect Unicorn’s silver-white surface hairs while giving it plenty of filtered light.
Place it near a bright window, with strong direct sun softened by a sheer curtain. Keep air circulating around the mount and fronds.
Do not wipe or rub the white covering off the fronds. Use a gentle stream when watering; a strong jet can strip away the surface hairs.
Description
Taiwanese nursery Ajin’s Garden describes short, broad, rounded fertile fronds whose tips curve upward as the plant matures. The fronds have a dense covering of white hairs that can have a faint bluish cast.
Pale, broad, divided fronds with upward-curving tips give Unicorn a compact, sculptural appearance.
Classification
Platycerium
Not yet determined
Names and usage
Trade name · English
Trade name · Traditional Chinese
Trade name · Japanese
Origin & history
Reported originUnder review
Unicorn appears in the publisher’s contents for ビカクシダ2, a Japanese horticultural book supervised by Eiichi Nomoto and released by Kasakura Publishing on 28 September 2023.
2023
Supporting photographs
Side view of cultivated Unicorn, showing its rounded shield and projecting fronds.
Mature · © Haruhana · All rights reservedClose view of Unicorn’s divided fronds and dense surface hairs.
Fertile frond · © Haruhana · All rights reservedOblique view of cultivated Unicorn, showing its shield and upward-curving frond tips.
Mature · © Haruhana · All rights reservedPropagation
Documented claims
Historical and factual accounts shown with their review status and supporting sources.
Description
Broad pale fronds with upward-curving mature tips
Taiwanese nursery Ajin’s Garden describes short, broad, rounded fertile fronds whose tips curve upward as the plant matures. The fronds have a dense covering of white hairs that can have a faint bluish cast.
Propagation
Haruhana’s Unicorn sporelings
Haruhana, a specialist staghorn nursery in Taiwan, raises offspring from spores of its Unicorn plant. These sporelings develop individual variation and should retain their sporeling designation.
History
Published name reference in 2023
Unicorn appears in the publisher’s contents for ビカクシダ2, a Japanese horticultural book supervised by Eiichi Nomoto and released by Kasakura Publishing on 28 September 2023.
Naming
Chinese nursery name 獨角獸
Ajin’s Garden uses 獨角獸鹿角蕨 for P. Unicorn.
Naming
Japanese rendering ユニコーン
The publisher’s contents for ビカクシダ2 use ユニコーン.
Sources
Ajin’s Garden / 阿金的便秘花園
Ajin’s Garden: Unicorn ↗︎Date not establishedHaruhana
Haruhana: Unicorn sporelings ↗︎Date not establishedKasakura Publishing
Kasakura Publishing: ビカクシダ2 bibliographic record and contents ↗︎2023
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