Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Wilting Platycerium superbum!, 2 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Not much to grow on from the looks of it. Did you add any soil behind the mounting point? Anyway they are fairly adaptable plants. I move mine in for winter and keep it alive by barely watering through six months in the basement. I move it out in spring (too heavy to hang these years) and water if hot and dry but allow the rain to do its job. I\'ve had it over 20 years now and started it in a wire sheet moss hanging basket. The hangers are gone and the wire may be too (can\'t see it today).

I stuck it in this big tub of water to hydrate it and also drown/evict the ants that took up residence this winter. I placed it on top of a big saucer in a shady area of the backyard for summer.