Scientific Name: Philodendron bipinnatifidum
Common Name: 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, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Spadix (& spathe), White, Can flower any month
Fruit: Berry (true), Multiple fruit, Green
Key ID Features:
Leaf blades glossy, usually deeply-dissected or lobed, up to 40cm long indoors (to 90cm long outdoors in the tropics), margins wavy, petioles sturdy and usually longer than blade.