Product information "Philodendron ernestii 'Red'"
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, |