Tree philodendron, Split Leaf philodendron

Botanical Name: Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifium or Philodendron selloanum

Native Region/Environment: Native to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay

Sun/Light: Prefers Full sun, grows in part sun, able to acclimate to low light conditions.

Temperature:  Great indoor plant preferring temperatures between 65F and 85F.  Outdoors in USDA Zones 9-12.  Will likely rebound from full die back from a hard frost by reemerging from its deep roots once the weather warms.

Water: Drought tolerant once establish, prefers moist, draining, but not soggy soils.

Soil: Sandy, well drained preferably but known to grow besides streams as well and even on rocky slopes. 

Growth Pattern: Under ideal conditions it will support itself with a substantial trunk  and grow upwards though often with a lean.  Readily adapts to an epiphytic plant, by means of its thick, strong aerial roots, which it uses to attach to any support it discovers.

Mature Size: In environments replicating its native warm, moist habitat the leaves can grow to gigantic proportions, of 4' to 5' eventually, and it can grow to 15' tall.  Under these conditions and will also send shoots out 10'-12' laterally underground.  

In a confined space it adapts to those conditions and remains manageable. making it a versatile plant for the home or garden.

Attributes: Attractive, glossy, deeply lobed leaves and size-a lot of size potential.  As the name denotes, it is capable of small tree sized proportions and is often found as an atrium plant in office buildings or malls.

Pot: 4' or 5"