I'm new to this aroid1 and am enjoying this
discussion Steve has brought up. I thought I would offer up this bit of
information and 5 images.
In the 70's our small backyard nursery was visited
by a guy from Brazil who had worked with Mr. Burle-Marx. That day he had
planned on visiting with another collector, but the appointment was
broken. Since he was returning home the following morning, he spent the
day with us and gifted us with a small cutting of a Philodendron,
originally intended for the other collector. We've had it ever
since.
In the past when visitors would see it they would
suggest it was Santa Leopaldina, and perhaps one of the numbered clones.
Later when Spiritus-sancti was identified some would see it and confuse it with
that species. Although this plant's growth pattern resembles the
Spiritus-sancti, i.e. slow growing, self-heading, and short
internodes, it is not this species. After decades of not knowing which
species this Philodendron was, a friend of mine asked Dr. Goncalves to ID
it. It was determined to be one of the Superbum complex, a species
that occurs in Southern Bahia and Espirito Santo State, eastern Brazil. I
have another Philodendron superbum that is similar, but it is a much larger,
huskier plant. I was told that the Superbum complex is extremely
variable.
Something else to note, in person Spiritus-sancti
has a matt blade, whereas the Superbum blade exhibit a shine, specially on the
new growth.
Windy
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