Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. has dark to mid-green, glossy leaf blades sub coriaceous and matte-sub velvety above, paler and weakly glossy below. It grows mostly as an apressed epiphyte or hemiepiphyte and as such it can reach 4m tall.
Rhodospatha latifolia
Rhodospatha latifolia is approximately 50 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 21 cm pot.
- Name: Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp.
Type: herbaceous evergreen
form: climber
Family: Araceae
Native Range: Trinidad to S. Trop. America
Zone: 11-13
Habitat: 0 - 2350 msnm, grows primarily in the wet tropical biome(s).
Height: up to 4m
Spread: to 100 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade Taxon identifiers: Plant List-ID : kew-178210 Tropicos ID : 2104050 IPNI plant ID : 88624-1 GBIF taxon ID : 2871993 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1131722 TAXREF ID : 731611 WCSPF ID : 178210 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88624-1 IRMNG ID : 11125838 NCBI taxonomy ID : 2587658 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000296422 Open Tree of Life ID : 3999376 Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/121gjxjl iNaturalist taxon ID : 1137048 Catalogue of Life ID : 4SJH2 Synonyms: =Rhodospatha heliconiifolia Schott = Rhodospatha lechleriana Schott = Rhodospatha poeppigii Schott Your Plant Care Toolkit:
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