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I was sent a cutting of this large growing aroid from Indo-China. As a mature plant it is a vigorous climber of forest trees with deeply incised leaves.
In the UK it is generally seen as an indoor plant but it has a measure of cold tolerance and I thought that it might survive in my best protected greenhouse. I have seen it attempted in a garden near Penzance, but the plant is still too young to draw any conclusions. My plant struggled for a couple of winters and then gave up. Himalayan Gardens say: "Rhaphidophora decursiva also named the creeping philodendron is a robust evergreen climber, climbing into trees up to 10 m or more by means of roots produced from stem. This plant can be easily mistaken for Split Leaf Philodendron. It is found in the Himalayas at altitudes up to 1500 m." Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. This emphasises the "wet tropical" aspect of it's distribution rather than the "Himalayan altitude" part which is probably significant. |
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| 21st September 2017 | ||