Product information "Philodendron brandtianum"
| Name: | Philodendron brandtianum, K.Krause 1913 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | brandtianum = Johann Friedrich von Brandt (* May 25, 1802 in Jüterbog, Electorate of Saxony; † July 15, 1879 in Merreküll, Estonia, then Russian Empire) was a German naturalist, physician, zoologist and botanist. His botanical author code is "Brandt". |
| Propagation: | division |
| Origin: | northern Southamerica |
| Habitat: | hemiepiphytic climber in tropical rainforests, in sparse forests on both sides of the Andes and in the Amazon basin in semi-shaded areas with high humidity from sea level to 2000 m. |
| Notes: | The young leaves have a distinct, attractive green-grey pattern, which decreases with age, very stable, distinct leaf veins then form on the underside of the leaf, giving stability to the large leaves. |
