Scindapsus altissimus
A large climbing aroid of lowland rainforest in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Queensland, with mature leaves up to 60 cm long and red-and-green fruiting spikes. It grows in well-developed lowland and gallery rainforest along waterways, so it wants steady warmth, high humidity and something tall to climb. It is rare in cultivation, and the targets below come from its habitat rather than grower experience.
Where it grows wild
A root-climbing vine in well-developed lowland rainforest and gallery forest along streams. Juveniles start in the shaded understorey and climb trunks toward brighter light, where the large adult leaves are produced.
In Queensland it is recorded from near sea level to about 150 m, a hot, humid lowland habitat.
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