Platycerium grande

{{Short description|Species of fern}}

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|image_alt= P. grande (center) depicted in Kunstformen der Natur (1904)

|image_caption=Platycerium grande (center) depicted in Kunstformen der Natur (1904)

|genus=Platycerium

|species=grande

|authority=(Fée) Kunze (1850){{IPNI|id=17448390-1|accessdate=28 November 2018}}

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Platycerium grande, the giant staghorn fern, capa de leon (Spanish: lion's cape), and dapong repolyo (Filipino: air cabbage),{{cite web |last1=Amoroso |first1=Victor |last2=Coritico |first2=Fulgent |last3=Briones |first3=Niko Niño |title=Saving endangered and endemic ferns |url=http://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/home/portal/index.php/quick-information-dispatch/2580-saving-endangered-and-endemic-ferns |website=Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) |publisher=Central Mindanao University (CMU) |accessdate=28 November 2018}} is a species of epiphytic fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is one of the two staghorn ferns native to the Philippines, along with P. coronarium, and is endemic to the island of Mindanao, in the provinces of Zamboanga, Lanao and Davao.{{cite web |last1=Barcelona |first1=Julie |last2=Nickrent |first2=Dan |title=Pteridophytes (Lycophytes & Monilophytes) |url=https://www.philippineplants.org/Families/Pteridophytes.html |website=Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines |publisher=Association of Tropical Biology & Conservation |accessdate=28 November 2018}} P. grande is often collected from the forests and sold as a highly prized ornamental plant. Due to overcollection and the difficulty of the spores to

germinate under natural conditions, in vitro technique is necessary to ensure mass production of this plant species.{{Cite journal|last=Aspiras|first=Reyno A.|date=2010-01-01|title=Sporophyte and gametophyte development of Platycerium coronarium (Koenig) Desv. and P. grande (Fee) C. Presl. (Polypodiaceae) through in vitro propagation|journal=Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences|volume=17|issue=1|pages=13–22|doi=10.1016/j.sjbs.2009.12.003|pmid=23961053|pmc=3730856|issn=1319-562X}} The local government categorized it as critically endangered species.{{cite web |title=Updated national list of threatened Philippine plants and their categories |url=http://www.philippineplants.org/dao-2017-11.pdf |website=Co Digital Flora of the Philippines |publisher=Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) |accessdate=1 September 2018}}