Buy Philodendron Selloum Hope - The Majestic and Low Maintenance Plant for Your Home
- Common name:
- Philodendron Hope
- Category:
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Indoor Plants, Shrubs
- Family:
- Araceae or Alocasia family
- Light:
- Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Good for Cut foliage
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- NASA plant for Indoor pollution control
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - These are philodendrons with stout stems. The leaves are held closely together. They do form stems - but it takes many many years.
- This variety is very much like the selloum. It is more compact, more basal branching or suckering and its leaves are a lighter shade of green.
- These philodendrons are better suited for pot culture and should not be planted on moss sticks.
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Growing tips:
- - Philodendrons are plants from the tropical jungles.
- They love warm weather, water and shade.
- Philodendron Hope is a hybrid that was developed for pot culture.
- It is robust and does not get a stem quickly.
- It can be planted in pots as well as the ground with good effect.
- Will not tolerate very beight sunlight. Especially in non coastal - low humidity areas.
- Keep the soil moist but not soggy.