Aglaonema nitidum
The largest widespread Aglaonema of the Sunda region. Stems reach a metre or more and carry glossy, leathery leaves 20–45 cm long, usually plain green. The variegated form curtisii is a parent of many cultivars. It lives in damp, well-shaded places in lowland dipterocarp forest, peat-swamp forest and limestone ravines, where Nicolson notes it is always humid and rainfall is daily rather than seasonal. In cultivation it wants shade, warmth and steady moisture.
Where it grows wild
Nicolson gives lowland primary dipterocarp forest, in damp and well-shaded places. It also grows in freshwater peat-swamp forest and on limestone, but there only in soil pockets and damp ravines. Stems are erect, with the lower part lying on the ground in larger plants.
Wild GBIF records span 0–1180 m, median 150 m. The Philippine checklist gives 5–1180 m. It is chiefly a lowland plant.
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