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Silver Leaf Philodendron

Philodendron brandtianum

Silver Leaf Philodendron
Photo: Martha Lucia Ortiz Moreno, CC BY 4.0
Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber, Epiphyte
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
S. Colombia, N. Brazil, Bolivia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Philodendron brandtianum is a species of plant in the genus Philodendron. A climbing epiphyte that closely hugs its host tree, it is native to southern Colombia, northern Brazil, and Bolivia in seasonally dry areas. It is also grown in temperate regions as a house plant, where it is best known for the heavy silver variegation on its juvenile leaves. It is sometimes confused for Philodendron hederaceum and Philodendron variifolium.

Other Philodendron plants

Philodendron acutifolium · Philodendron advena · Philodendron albisuccus · Philodendron alliodorum · Philodendron angustilobum · Philodendron angustisectum · Philodendron anisotomum · Philodendron annulatum · Philodendron antonioanum · Philodendron appendiculatum · Philodendron applanatum · Philodendron atabapoense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philodendron brandtianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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