Tropicals & Tender Perennials: PHILODENDRON HASTATUM var. GLAUCOPHYLLUM (silver ), 0 by ExoticRainforest

ExoticRainforest wrote:
Additionally, there is a plant name of Plant Files called Philodendron hastatum (Engl.)

It is my belief, but I could be wrong, that plant is the same plant that began this file as Philodendron hastatum glaucophyllum. The name "glaucophyllum" cannot be found in science in relationship to any Philodendron.

According the Royal Botanic Garden Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families the name Philodendron hastatum Engl. is a synonym of Philodendron subhastatum. P. subhastatum is also a totally different plant found in Colombia and Ecuador.

If you are fortunate enough to own the blue-green Philodendron hastatum K Koch & Sellow, take good care of it. That plant is somewhat common in collections but is now a red-lined species in Brazil and is now considered rare.

None of the three plants are closely related.

The photo attached is courtesy of Dr. Tom Croat and the Missouri Botanical Garden