PHILODENDRON SELLOUM

This is an interesting type of Philodendron for those of you who like big leafed, climbing species. It’s been available for many decades, but more recently is hard to find. It can develop three foot leaves with a stem that is 4 to 5 inches thick. It likes to climb and will go slowly up a trunked palm tree. In my garden, I have several that have ten foot long trunks. They show interesting old leaf base scars and have lots of aerial roots. As mentioned, this is a climbing species. If you plant them where there’s nothing to hang onto they will do fine but produce a shorter, fat trunk for support. They take coastal full or part day sun. Far inland areas should give it a few hours of sun or strong filtered light. They can be grown as a houseplant. Their cold hardiness is down to at least the mid to low 20’s F.

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