"Niels Vorgaard Christensen" wrote in message
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Hi.

Would anybody be able to tell me what kind of plant this is:
http://ostenfeld.dk/~nielsvc/plante.jpg

Sure.

It's a young "staghorn fern", _Platycerium bifurcatum_. Platycerium is
a genus of about 18 species of very specialized tropical epiphytic ferns
from Asia and the Pacific, Africa and Madagascar, with only one species
in South America.

Yours, P. bifurcatum, is the most commonly cultivated species,
and is from eastern Australia. Unlike some other Platyceriums, it
commonly branches or offsets to form large clumps of several to
many plants.

http://mgonline.com/stag.html
http://davesgarden.com/pdb/b/Polypodiaceae/Platycerium/
http://davesgarden.com/pdb/go/2740/index.html
http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj...latycerium.htm
http://www.platycerium.co.za/species.htm
http://www.biology-x.com/biology-x/platycerium.html
http://www.sgapqld.org.au/article34.html

They can be grown indoors, but may be better off as tropical greehouse
plants or outdoors in warm climates. Staghorns can become large and
impressive specimens.

You can find a lot of info on care of staghorn ferns on the web, e.g.:

http://www.platycerium.co.za/cultivation.htm
http://www.homefaq.net/staghorn-fern.html
http://www.heirloomgardenexperts.com...horn-ferns.htm

cheers