鹿角蕨是近年最受歡迎的植物之一，常用於商店擺飾，營造別具風格的品味。原產於爪哇島，屬於多芽型鹿角蕨，容易分生成叢。葉片有兩種型態：綠色或黃褐色的盾狀貼附葉是營養葉，邊緣有鬚狀裂片是重要特徵；帶狀下垂葉則是胞子葉，胞子囊群生長在胞子葉末端的鹿角分叉處背面。因為細長的比例較其他種類突顯，因此又稱長葉鹿角蕨。

Elkhorn Fern is one of the most popular plants in recent years, often used for store decorations to create a unique taste. Native to Java, it is a multi-bud Elkhorn Fern, easily divides into clumps. Two types of fronds: green or yellow-brown and shield shaped basal fronds, the whiskery lobes on the edges are an important feature; strap-shaped drooping fronds are fertile ones bearing sori positioned on the undersurface at the sinus. It has more slender fronds of other close-related species, it’s also known as long-leaf Elkhorn Fern.

鹿角蕨屬多年生草本，原產於東南亞爪哇島的多芽型鹿角蕨。葉有兩型。營養葉為盾狀，常為黃褐色，在冬季或早春時會長出新的營養葉。帶狀葉為胞子葉，葉面及葉腹具有絨毛；新葉毛絨明顯，在生長後絨毛會漸疏。

A perennial herb in the genus Platycerium. It’s a multi-pup staghorn fern native to Java Island of Southeast Asia. The fern bears two types of fronds; the vegetative fronds are shield-shaped, often yellowish brown and new ones emerging in winter or early spring; the fertile fronds are strap-like, villous on the both surfaces and new ones have distinct villi which gradually thin out with time.

全日照散射環境下種植生長較為快速，在半日照也可以生長，夏天須注意通風及遮陰。由於生長在熱帶地區，冬天要注意保暖。在水分充足情況下，生長快速，較容易生側芽。

Cultivation: It thrives faster under full-day diffused sunlight and can withstand partial sunlight. The planting site has to be well-ventilated and shaded in summer. As a tropical plant, it needs kept warm in winter. Sufficient moisture can accelerate the plant growth as well as the lateral pups.

特殊的型態深受喜愛，常用於表現花藝、景觀設計作品中，亦或在居家栽培中懸掛在高牆上做為壁飾植栽。

Highly valued for the unique shape, this plant is often used in floral art and landscape design, or mounted on a high wall as a decorative houseplant.