🍀 How to grow the Fern with Elephant Ears

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• 🐘 If you love dramatic foliage but don't want the diva attitude, this gentle giant is for you!
• 🐘 Platycerium elephantotis - Elephant Ear Staghorn Fern - is native to tropical Africa, it loves warm temps, high humidity, and indirect light. It thrives in partial sun to bright indirect light and should be kept evenly moist. As it matures, mount it on a wooden plaque, since as one of the largest staghorn ferns in cultivation, it can become a massive specimen! Elephant Ear Staghorn Fern is sure to impress your gardening friends.
• 🐘 A fantastic choice for shaded patios, trees, or fern walls - it brings jungle vibes without being fussy. More sculptural than spiky, elephantotis is a must-have for collectors, houseplant lovers, and fern fans who want something out of the ordinary. It's big, bold, and undeniably cool.
• 🐘Fun_facts: The bigger the fern, the better it gets - this species just keeps getting more majestic with age!

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🌿 So rare, it should come with a passport!

• 🐘 The most laid-back member of the staghorn clan is Platycerium elephantotis - Elephant Ear Staghorn Fern.
• 🐘 The Gentle Giant of the Fern World, this rare Elephant Ear Staghorn Fern has tall shield fronds and deeply veined, round fertile fronds that look like elephant ears instead of stags horns.
• 🐘 It features huge, rounded shield fronds that resemble elephant ears - soft, wavy, and deeply textured. Unlike its antler-shaped cousins, this species has broad, floppy fronds that hang down like giant green sails.
• 🐘Epiphytic by nature - grows mounted on wood, hanging baskets, or trees, just like in the wild.

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👑 What is Chanel No5 made of? The story of Ylang-Ylang

This video is about Cananga odorata - legendary Chanel No5 or Ylang-Ylang tree, history of the plant and its role in the famous perfume, and guess what - how you can grow your own!
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☕️ How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans

Q: Can you make coffee from your own tree? Isn't there a process involved to prepare beans for it?
A: Absolutely! Yes, it is quite a process... But homegrown coffee lets you enjoy the freshest, chemical-free beans with rich flavor and the satisfaction of growing it yourself. Besides, it's fun! Below is a quick guide how to grow and make your own coffee from freshly harvested coffee fruit (called "cherries").

Harvest the ripe cherries


Pick the bright red fruits when they are fully ripe. These contain the coffee beans inside.

Remove the beans


Squeeze the cherries to pop out the seeds (beans). Rinse off any pulp and soak them in water for 1-2 days to ferment and remove the slimy coating.

Dry the beans


Spread the clean beans on a tray in a sunny, dry spot. Let them dry for 1-2 weeks, turning them daily, until they feel hard and papery.

Remove the parchment


Once dried, crack and remove the thin husk around each bean. You now have green coffee beans ready to roast.

Roast the beans


Use a dry skillet or oven. Heat until beans turn brown and fragrant, stirring constantly. The longer you roast, the darker and stronger the flavor.

Cool and grind

Let roasted beans cool completely, then grind them just before brewing. Enjoy your homemade cup of fresh coffee!

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📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• • Coffee trees in bloom
• • Brew Your Future: Grow Your Own Coffee
• • What is coffee made of?
• • Why Coffee tree is the best gift plant
• • Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #2. Coffee Tree
• • What is the most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant?
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Too weird to ignore, too easy not to grow!

• ⚡️Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus. Also known as Anthony's Rick-Rack or Fishbone Cactus, this oddball epiphyte is famous for its zigzagging, succulent leaves that look like a green lightning bolt.
• ⚡️ In nature, it climbs trees using aerial roots, but it's happy in a pot too.
• ⚡️Give it bright, indirect light and let the soil dry out completely between waterings.
• ⚡️In spring, it may reward you with a rare night-blooming flower that lasts just one magical evening.
• ⚡️ Easy, sculptural, and full of character!

🛒 Add this oddball to your jungle

📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:

Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
Epiphyllum guatemalense Monstrosa - Orchid Cactus, Curly Locks

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