Re: Philodendron selloum

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.12.12 at 00:52:30(7889) Dear Iza, Thanks for the story of this old plant! here in Florida, this species grows QUICKLY to a gigantic size, and under the right conditions, planted in good soil next to a palm tree, can be seen with an erect rhizome standing against the palm tree trunk, which it 'embraces' with it`s cable-like roots, to a height of over 15 ft., and a leaf spread of 7-8 ft. If it does not have a tree trunk to support it`s upward growth, it seems 'happy' to grow along the ground, it`s 'head' held vertically, thill the rhizome can be 10 or many more feet long, and about 8" in dia. It can get this large in 10 -15 years. Good growing! Julius +More >>I can't answer any of Petra's questions, but the mention of the plant gives me an opportunity to tell of my oldest aroid. I acquired my plant around 1971. It has lived in five different places since, the current location its first greenhouse. It has a stem 20" (50 cm) tall and eleven leaves, each leaf blade about 26" (65 cm) long. Its stem would be much longer except for rotting in the middle on two previous occasions. Although that mecessitated repotting, there was no slowdown in growth since most of its functioning roots were from above the rotted section, many of them circling its pot on the floor. It has bloomed on a few occasions, though not recently. It lives in a 20 gallon terra cotta pot with the bulk of its roots on the greenhouse tile floor. Iza Goroff Whitewater Wisconsin USA zone 4b - no chance of any Philodendron surviving winter outside here. Petra Schmidt wrote: > Philodendron selloum (now bipinnatifidum) has been in the hort trade for > ages

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.