Philodendron advena
A climbing philodendron from humid forests of southern Mexico and Guatemala, with outliers reported in Honduras and Colombia. Most records come from mid-elevation forest around 1300 m, where days are warm, nights are mild to cool, and a wet summer follows a dry winter. It is an adaptable plant for an indoor pole, and does best with bright shade, a clear night drop and steady moisture.
Where it grows wild
A hemiepiphytic climber of humid tropical and montane forest. In Veracruz it grows on a variety of substrates, climbing trunks from the forest floor and sometimes growing on rocks or the ground.
Recorded at 15–2500 m, with a median of about 1340 m. The largest cluster of records is from the Xalapa and Coatepec area of Veracruz at around 1300–1500 m, and from the Pacific slope of Chiapas and Guatemala at 1500–1600 m.
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