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Plant guide · Thaumatophyllum

Thaumatophyllum xanadu

At a glance

Light

Leaves saturate at 330 µmol/m²/s, about 18,000 lux in daylight C

Grew at 20 (about 1,100 lux) C. Measured on Philodendron hederaceum (another genus). C = distant

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Very dim to some direct sun

Thaumatophyllum xanadu grew at about 1,100 lux; its leaves saturate at about 18,000 lux.

20 C and 330 µmol/m²/s C · Measured on Philodendron hederaceum (another genus)

What the studies tested

Results from growing trials, many of them in commercial greenhouses. They are not care instructions.

Care

Propagation

  • Seed of Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum covered at twice its diameter emerged at 80–91 % in five media; covered at four times its diameter it emerged more slowly and, in two of the media, at only 18–22 %.

    B IndirectMeasured on Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum