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Philodendron giganteum

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

Schott

Common Names

• Giant Philodendron

Geographical Habitats

• Antilles
• Brazil
• Dominican Republic
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Virgin Islands
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• gallery forest
• disturbed forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Aug Feb-Apr (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

Hemi-epiphytic erect or creeping herb with solitary axillary red & white 230mm spathe greenish outside with pinkish base, white inside, spadix to 210mm whitish & greeniash-yellow, yellow or orange fruit, stalks to 100mm dia.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Exotica
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Kew