A 2-parted spadix, with female flowers at the bottom and male flowers at the top, exuding a pretty strong and intoxicating scent, exquisite in small doses and reminiscent of a fine French perfume but intolerable if the spadix is left indoors for any length of time. Here the female-flowered part of the spadix is visible.
Bukit Gantang, Perak, Malaysia.Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl. Araceae. CN: Lacy tree philodendron, Cut-leaf philodendron, Split leaf philodendron, Tree philodendron. Native to South America - namely to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay but is also cultivated as a landscape plant worldwide.Synonym(s):Philodendron lundii Warm.Philodendron selloum Kwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27724en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron_selloum
at 3 m, stems dark green-brown, petioles cylindrical and maroon, tubercle bright green, leaves irridescent, 1.5 m heavily flushed maroon; inflorescences in pairs, peduncle brown-pink, densely covered in green tuberclesProject web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
A 2-parted spadix, with female flowers at the bottom and male flowers at the top, exuding a pretty strong and intoxicating scent, exquisite in small doses and reminiscent of a fine French perfume but intolerable if the spadix is left indoors for any length of time. Here the female-flowered part of the spadix is visible.
Bukit Gantang, Perak, Malaysia.Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl. Araceae. CN: Lacy tree philodendron, Cut-leaf philodendron, Split leaf philodendron, Tree philodendron. Native to South America - namely to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay but is also cultivated as a landscape plant worldwide.Synonym(s):Philodendron lundii Warm.Philodendron selloum Kwww.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27724en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron_selloum
at 3 m, stems dark green-brown, petioles cylindrical and maroon, tubercle bright green, leaves irridescent, 1.5 m heavily flushed maroon; inflorescences in pairs, peduncle brown-pink, densely covered in green tuberclesProject web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/