Beautifully coloured, elongated leaves of this plant can grow up to 85 cm long! Philodendron billietiae Croat is an appressed-climbing hemiepiphyte, sometimes on rocks; stems are about 1 m long, sometimes longer. Leaves are usually clustered near the end of the stem, with erect spreading petioles and pendent blades. Petioles are broadly spreading, broadly sulcate at base, obtusely flattened toward the apex, weakly angular near the apex, sheathed 4-8 cm at the base. Leaf blades are pendent, narrowly triangular to narrowly ovate-triangular to oblong-triangular, moderately coriaceous, dark green and semi glossy above, much paler and matte to weakly glossy below; the margins often weakly undulate, hyaline or reddish.
form the Modern Latin genus name Philodendron (Schott, 1830), form Greek philodendron, neuter of philodendrons "loving trees," form philo- "loving" (see philo-) + dendron "tree" (form PIE *der-drew-, form root *deru- "to be firm, solid, steadfast," also forming words for "wood, tree"). The plant so called because it clings to trees.
Philodendron billietiae
Philodendron billietae comes in following sizes:
S - is ca. 25 cm tall and comes in a 12 cm pot
L - is ca. 40 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 17 cm pot
