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Platycerium hillii is an Australian species.  Hennipman and Roos consider this a variety of P. bifurcatum.

 

 

The shield fronds of this species are more or less round, and close at the top, a characteristic of plants from wet locales.

Not as cold hardy as P. bifurcatum, it is an easy species to grow, and can make a spectacular specimen.  The plant in the picture was grown by Tropic I Orchids, in Haines City, FL.  This may be P. hillii 'Bloomei'.