1) Fern genus 2) Genus platycerium 
Platycerium sporophytes (adult plants) have tufted roots growing from a short rhizome that bears two types of fronds, basal and fertile fronds. Basal fronds are sterile, shield or kidney shaped and laminate against the tree and protect the fern`s roots from damage and desiccation. In some Platycerium species the top margin of these fronds forms a....
Platycerium is a genus of mostly tropical ferns, commonly known as stag- horn ferns on account of their curiously forked fronds.
[n] - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
genus Platycerium noun often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns