Amydrium zippelianum

A climbing aroid from the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and New Guinea that roots onto tree trunks in shaded lowland to lower montane rainforest. Adult leaves are large and deeply divided into sessile, triangular segments on long petioles, and the spathe is yellow. It needs warmth, humidity and something to climb before it will make its divided adult leaves.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A root-climbing hemiepiphyte on live bark in shade, in primary lowland and lower montane rainforest, and sometimes in regrowth, riverside forest and plantations. Collectors describe a stoloniferous climber with fleshy compound leaves, blades about 75 cm on 55 cm petioles.

GBIF specimens run from sea level to about 2100 m, with a median of 600 m; most are lowland to lower montane.

PhilippinesIndonesia: Sulawesi, Talaud Islands, Moluccas (incl. Halmahera)New Guinea: Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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