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Ten Platycerium taxa compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of shield and antler fronds. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Original video contributions: CC BY-SA 4.0. Individual photographs retain the licences and credits listed in attribution; public-domain and CC0 photographs remain so. Photograph credits: 1. File:Platycerium bifurcatum 612351086.jpg; themaskedlapwing; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APlatycerium_bifurcatum_612351086.jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 2. File:Platycerium superbum Coffs Harbour.jpg; Poyt448 Peter Woodard; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_superbum_Coffs_Harbour.jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 3. File:Giant staghorn fern (Platycerium grande) , Philippine Eagle Center, Davao, Philippines.jpg; Julia Sumangil; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_staghorn_fern_(Platycerium_grande)_,_Philippine_Eagle_Center,_Davao,_Philippines.jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 4. File:Platycerium veitchii.jpg; M. Fagg; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_veitchii.jpg; Cropped to the complete central colony (24–80% horizontal, 5–97% vertical), then fit and scaled; title and caption bars added. 5. File:Platycerium hillii - Copenhagen Botanical Garden - DSC07421.JPG; Daderot; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_hillii_-_Copenhagen_Botanical_Garden_-_DSC07421.JPG; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 6. File:Staghorn Fern Platycerium willinckii (7881230044).jpg; Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_Fern_Platycerium_willinckii_(7881230044).jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 7. File:Staghorn Fern (Platycerium coronarium) (8752670563).jpg; Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_Fern_(Platycerium_coronarium)_(8752670563).jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 8. File:Platycerium elephantotis - Leveäsarvisaniainen, (Älghornsbräken) IMG 3434 C.JPG; Anneli Salo; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_elephantotis_-_Leve%C3%A4sarvisaniainen,_(%C3%84lghornsbr%C3%A4ken)_IMG_3434_C.JPG; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 9. File:Platycerium stemaria 1.jpg; Stan Shebs; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_stemaria_1.jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added. 10. File:Platycerium ridleyi.jpg; Dmitriy Konstantinov; CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platycerium_ridleyi.jpg; Whole-image fit and scaling; title and caption bars added.