13+ Staghorn Fern Turning Brown. If the tips of your fertile, antler fronds are turning brown, then the only problem is that your staghorn fern is thirsty. It has been doing quite well, but over the past 3 months i have noticed that some of the fronds are turning brown and the tips are turning brown.
In the wild it usually will be found attached to a tree, not a parasitic plant but a self sustaining epiphyte.
It's common to mount a staghorn fern on a board with a mound of spagnum moss under it (they. But staghorn ferns are expensive and, i though, fussy. Fern expert mike lowery of another place in time says the best time to divide and transplant is when the shield frond has turned brown. Staghorn ferns have shields at the base of the plant that will turn brown over time.