Philodendron melinonii

A large self-heading philodendron of the Guianas and northern Amazonia, with a thick short stem, stout petioles and a rosette of big leathery leaves. Wild plants grow as hemiepiphytes just below the canopy and also on rocks, mostly in lowland wet forest near 100 m.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

A hemiepiphyte of wet lowland forest that sits on trunks just below the canopy; specimens also record it on sandstone cliffs and lateritic soil. It forms a rosette rather than a long climbing stem.

Specimen elevations run from sea level to about 1650 m, median about 100 m (82 records).

French GuianaSurinameGuyanaVenezuelaBrazil NorthColombia

🔒 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.