Species · genus Zamioculcas · Araceae
ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia (G.Lodd.) Engl.
Also known as: Zanzibar Gem · Zeezee Plant
Cultivars of Z. zamiifolia
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under Z. zamiifolia yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
An almost indestructible aroid with thick rhizomes that store water. Water sparingly — let the soil dry out fully, every two to four weeks — and it forgives low light and neglect.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- Horta curated (seed)
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Low light
≈ every 28 days
Low — average room
15–26 °C
Gritty, free-draining mix — cactus mix cut with perlite
Leaf cuttings (slow but reliable) or division of the rhizomes
Light feed once or twice a season — easily overfed
Slow
Inconspicuous spadix at the base; rare indoors
Toxic to cats & dogs
Insoluble calcium oxalates — oral irritation, drooling, vomiting. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: Horta curated (seed) · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA
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