Philodendron bipinnatifidum

Schott ex Endl. 1837

Its synonym is Ph. selloum. It comes from Brasil.

My plant grows very slowly hanging on a wall. I stole 2 offsets from a big one growing in my school in 1997 and in 2009 its span was a little more than 1m.
An adult plant in Botanic Garden CZRB PAN Warsaw; photo © Bartosz T. Zalewski, 2005
Palmiarnia Zielona Góra, Poland; foto (1-2) © Marek Argent
Adult plants and their stems at the Denver Botanic Garden; photo (1-2) © Katarzyna Górnisiewicz, 2008
A specimen with enormously large leaves. 125 x 80 cm (50 x 36 ") Photo (1-2) © Sherry Gates

Kwietnik 8/1999, photo © Paweł Słomczyński
A big one growing in a Palm House in Zielona Góra.
A leaf of a specimen growing in a staircase with poor light and winter temperature no more than 12°C.

The IAS: Ph. bipinnatifidum Exotic Rainforest: Ph. bipinnatifidum Philippe Faucon: Desert-Tropicals: Ph. selloum Wroclaw University: Ph. bipinnatifidum

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last updated on 2010-01-29