Aglaonema crispum
A robust, erect Philippine Aglaonema, long sold as 'Roebelinii', whose leaves carry a grey-silver band covering most of each leaf half, leaving the midrib and margins dark green. Nicolson knew it wild only from Mt Bulusan in southern Luzon, in deep shade of primary dipterocarp forest at 300–950 m. Later Philippine records extend it to other islands. Cultivated material is triploid and probably apomictic. It wants shade, steady warmth and even moisture, and it tolerates dry room air better than most aroids.
Where it grows wild
It grows on the ground in deep shade of primary dipterocarp forest on volcanic hill slopes. Stems are erect, 40–120 cm tall and up to 3 cm thick, with thick leathery leaves on long sheathed petioles. The Philippine checklist gives the same deep-shade forest habitat for its wider range of islands.
Nicolson gives 300–950 m on Mt Bulusan; the Philippine checklist gives 300–1000 m. It is a submontane forest plant rather than a lowland one.
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