Product information "Philodendron pulchrum"
| Name: | Philodendron pulchrum G.M.Barroso 1957 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | pulcher = beautiful |
| Propagation: | division |
| Origin: | Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname |
| Habitat: | Philodendron pulchrum is widely distributed in northern South America at altitudes from sea level to a maximum of 700m. Depending on the landscape and climate, the species grow terrestrially, hemiepiphytically or epiphytically. For example, in Venezuela, Philodendrum pulchrum appears to grow only terrestrially in a drier climate with harder foliage while in the Amazon basin, the species is epiphytically growing, but the leaves are also larger and less leathery. |
| Notes: | The first collection took place on the Rio Solimões, a tributary on the upper reaches of the Amazon River. The plant was cultivated in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, and was the basis for the description by Graziela Barroso. |
