Typhonium flagelliforme

A small tuberous aroid of tropical Asia and northern Australia, with arrow-shaped leaves and a narrow, whip-like spadix appendix that gives it its name. It grows in moist, often seasonally wet ground in the monsoon tropics and usually dies back to the tuber in the dry season. Grow it warm and wet while in leaf, then let it rest almost dry.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Damp open ground, edges of swamps and creeks, monsoon forest margins, disturbed sites and cultivated ground in the lowlands. It is often found as a weed of moist gardens and fields.

Recorded only from the lowlands, 7–208 m (median 20 m).

IndiaSri LankaBangladeshMyanmarThailandIndochinaSouthern ChinaMalesiaNew GuineaNorthern Australia

🔒 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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