Product information "Philodendron giganteum"
Name: | Philodendron giganteum, Schott 1856 |
Synonyms: | not known |
Etymology: | giganteum = gigantic, huge, large |
Propagation: | divisions |
Origin: | Brazil North, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. |
Habitat: | terrestrial, hemiepiphytic and epiphytic, mostly near the ground in warm humid tropical rainforest, from sea level to 500m max. |
Notes: | Due to the short internodes Philodendron giganteum grows very bushy, in terrestrial locations the plants develop very densely, and can quickly cover several square meters. |