Philodendron pedatum

Oak leaf philodendron

A widespread lowland climber of wet forest across northern South America, from the Guianas and the Amazon to the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes foothills. Its leaves change markedly as it climbs: juveniles are simple or shallowly three-lobed, adults deeply pedate with many narrow lobes. Give it a tall, moist support, warm humid air and bright filtered light, and expect mature leaf shapes only once it can climb.

Philodendron pedatum — Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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 root-climber in tropical moist and wet forest and premontane forest. It starts on the ground or low on trunks and climbs tree boles, the leaves becoming larger and more deeply lobed higher up. Stems have flattened internodes 1.6 to 15 cm long.

Mostly lowland: the measured records span 0 to 1045 m with a median of 175 m, and a regional flora account gives 350 to 600 m for Colombian populations.

BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaSurinameVenezuela

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.