Philodendron sp.

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leland
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Philodendron sp.

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When I think of succulents philodendrons are not the first things to come to mind but this one certainly has adaptations to survive the dry season in Central America. In wetter locations it has 3 foot long leaves that can be green all year. As can be seen in the photos, it looses leaves as necessary. I suspect its limbs, about 10 cm in diameter, are a great reservoir of moisture.

It is locally common growing on trees or rocks. I do not know the species. It is similar to P radiatum but P. radiatum is a wet forest inhabitant found further to the east
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Love your habitat photos. Thank you for posting!
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Fascinating.
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http://legacy.tropicos.org/NamePage.asp ... rojectId=7

P. warszewiczii seems to be the name.
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Have you seen the flowers?

Kew Gardens writes that "Flowering collections of Philodendron warszewiczii are rare, known only from May. " https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn: ... s:314475-2
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I have a couple growing in my yard and I will make a point to photograph the flowers this year.
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leland wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:11 pm I have a couple growing in my yard and I will make a point to photograph the flowers this year.
Excellent!
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