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Philodendron davidsonii

A climbing Central American philodendron described by Thomas Croat in 1983, found in humid forest in Costa Rica and neighbouring Nicaragua and Panama. It has deeply grooved petioles and entire, leathery blades with strongly impressed veins, and a spathe that is pale green outside and deep purple inside. Grow it like other warm, humid-forest climbing philodendrons: a moss pole, bright filtered light and steady warmth.

Philodendron davidsonii
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A hemiepiphytic climber in humid tropical forest, rooting on and climbing tree trunks towards the canopy. Specific microhabitat notes are scarce.

No reliable elevation range was found. Its range in humid Costa Rican and Panamanian forest suggests lowland to premontane elevations, so warm rather than cool conditions.

Costa RicaNicaraguaPanama

🔒 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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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.