This is a slightly different situation than yours. I bought a 1 gallon plant (about $10) at a nursery in Santa Cruz (the date on the photo says Feb. 18th). The plant forms bulbils/offsets where the petiole meets the leaf blade. I removed a few of them, as shown in the photo. I potted up all of the little guys, and decided to put the seven smallest ones inside a ziploc bag. I assumed the larger ones could make it on their own. Those small ones are the ones that survived, and they have grown noticeably. The larger ones ended up dessicated, and either died from that, or from neglect since I assumed they were dead The big plant has been outside the whole time and is doing fine. Am I sending you a Zantedeschia? If so, I can add one of the little guys if you ended up losing yours. I bought one of these a few years ago at a florist with a nice fertile frond. See link at bottom. Here is a link that might be useful: Earlier post on Hemionitis arifolia

Mine are looking excellent, even at this time of year! They're always top performers, right alongside the Western swordfern - in fact, I alternate them to create a fern border to the lawn. I recommend them to folks with dry, oak woodland conditions. I think I have about twenty of these tucked here and there (I started to count this morning, but I got distracted somewhere between the backyard and the front). I also have a young fern that I started from a frondless crown this spring. I think I'll keep this one in a pot. In the first pic (below), you should be able to see more little fronds unfurling from the crown. And here's the same fern, earlier this year, pictured with a Goldback fern, Pentagramma triangularis (another one of our natives). If any of you have pics or experiences to share, please do! At the very least, thanks for stopping by and looking! Josh

Bleach is one of the safest things you can use to eradicate unwanted plants/weeds because it does not persist for any length of time in the environment. It is amazing the amount of misinformation that gets spewed about online. Unfortunately, a lot of it remains there unchallenged and picked up, repeated and recycled and worse......often acted upon, to the detriment of our environment and sometimes ourselves. Chlorine bleach poses a significant risk to the environment, and chlorine was even used as a chemical weapon during World War I. Many countries have banned chlorine bleach or restricted its use in an effort to protect the environment and human health. As an example of bleach's persistence in the environment, manufacturers who use chlorine bleach as part of the processing, cleaning or sterilization processes often release it into local water bodies along with other liquid industrial waste. Once it reaches the water, chlorine reacts with other minerals and elements to form a host of dangerous toxins. These toxins, including dioxins, furams and PCDDs are often referred to as "persistent organic pollutants" because they linger in the water or soil and take many years to disappear. Greenpeace calls dioxin one of the most dangerous chemicals known to science, and warns that it can contribute to cancer, endocrine disorders and other serious health effects. The West Virginia University Extension also links chlorine-based compounds, like dioxins, with low sperm count, testicular cancer and breast cancer due to their ability to mimic human hormones. So you guys who are so ready to start spraying chlorine bleach all over the place may want to reconsider your choices :-) DON'T use bleach as a herbicide. It is not registered for that purpose so technically it is illegal to use it in that manner. Second it is a caustic, corrosive agent that is damaging to all manner of beneficial soil insect life, amphibians and aquatic life and any mammals it might come into contact with. It is also extremely alkaline and can negatively impact soil pH, making it difficult to grow any plant in any area so treated. If you must, use a registered herbicide - like RoundUp or similar - according to label directions. Here is a link that might be useful: bleach is not a herbicide

Time. Start with a Staghorn mounted on a piece of wood. Hang the wood from a sturdy limb with a large piece of chain. Mother Nature will do the rest. They take many years to grow out into that large shape and will get quite heavy with the growth. We moved one from a tree in Boca Raton that was over 6 feet across. It took a Bobcat and a bunch of strong men; must have weighed around 500 pounds.