Philodendron Esmeraldense - Exact Plant XL #20A ciel verde it grows as an epiphytic

it grows as an epiphytic climbing subshrub in wet tropical forest with notably long internodes that give the plant an open

and the variegated form adds cream to silver mottling across that already complex textured surface for additional visual interest

in a chunky aroid mix of orchid bark

Avoid direct sun which damages the verrucosum-derived velvet texture

suede-like texture and a dramatic appearance

Philodendron Esmeraldense - Exact Plant XL #20A ciel verde it grows as an epiphyticPhilodendron Esmeraldense Formally described by Thomas Croat and published in Aroideana in 2016, Philodendron esmeraldense is named for Ecuador's Esmeraldas Province in the humid northwestern lowlands where it was first documented a hemiepiphytic climber endemic to the tropical wet forests and lower montane rainforests of Ecuador, growing as an appressed climber on tree trunks in the perpetually moist understory. The leaves are the defining character: