Philodendron dussii

A little-known climbing philodendron from the Lesser Antilles, described by Engler in 1899 from Martinique material. It has a climbing stem and large, broadly sagittate leaves 35–40 cm long. Nothing is published about its habitat, so the care below is based on Lesser Antillean rain forest and on other climbing philodendrons.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Engler's description gives a scandent stem with internodes 12–15 cm long and subcoriaceous, broadly sagittate blades on 40–50 cm petioles. The habitat is not recorded. It is assumed to be a hemiepiphytic climber of moist island forest.

No wild records carry an elevation. The one climate point used is a lowland grid cell.

Windward Is.

🔒 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.