Product information "Philodendron smithii"
| Name: | Philodendron smithii, Engl. 1899 |
| Synonyms: | heterotypic synonyms: |
| Etymology: | smithii = John Donnell Smith (b. June 5, 1829; † December 2, 1928) was an American plant collector and botanist. |
| Propagation: | division |
| Origin: | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Habitat: | Mostly hemiepiphytic, sometimes terrestrial or lithophytic, climbing in wet tropical forests and in wet subtropical forests. |
| Notes: | The plant was found by J. Donnell Smith in the province of Yzabal on the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. Sea level was given as the altitude. Donnell-Smith described the plant, it can be assumed that Martius should publish the description, but finally the valid naming is done by Engler. |
