Product information "Philodendron ernestii"
| Name: | Philodendron ernestii, Engler 1905 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | ernestii = Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (* March 12, 1854 in Halle an der Saale; † July 15, 1915 in Berlin) was a Prussian, German botanist and explorer. He was the brother of the geographer Wilhelm Ule. His botanical author abbreviation is "Ule". |
| Propagation: | division |
| Origin: | Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Brasil |
| Habitat: | hemiepiphytic, climbing in tropical rainforest in dense forests along the eastern Andes and in the Amazon basin, in shaded areas from sea level to 500m. |
| Notes: | Engler described this species as Philodendron elegans based on a plant found by Ule near Jurua in the state of Amazonas, |
