Scientific Name: Philodendron bipinnatifidum
Common Name: lacy tree philodendron, spilt-leaf philodendron, selloum
Family Name: Araceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Deltoid, Elliptic, Ovate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Spadix (& spathe), White, Can flower any month
Fruit: Berry (true), Multiple fruit, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, ovate to broadly elliptic, most blades 30-40cm long x 20-30cm wide indoors, usually pinnately lobed, margins incised and wavy, petioles sturdy, 30-60cm long.