Species · genus Thaumatophyllum · Araceae

Tree Philodendron

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum (Schott ex Endl.) Sakur., Calazans & Mayo

Also known as: Split-Leaf Philodendron · Lacy Tree Philodendron · Selloum · Philodendron Selloum · Horsehead Philodendron · Hope Selloum · Philodendron Hope

Growth habit

scrambling shrub

Reference · T. bipinnatifidum

Cultivars of T. bipinnatifidum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under T. bipinnatifidum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A large scrambling aroid shrub with deeply divided leaves, building substantial woody stems as it matures. Give it bright indirect light and a chunky, free-draining mix, and water when the top inch or two of the mix has dried out, since the stems and roots hold moisture and resent staying wet. Average household humidity suits it.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–29 °C

Soil mix

Chunky, well-draining aroid mix with bark and perlite

Propagation

Stem cuttings or division of offsets

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate the mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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