Amydrium medium

Amydrium medium is a naturally occurring climbing liane found in wet tropical forests of Southeast Asia and Malesia. It typically grows on tree trunks and large woody supports, thriving in humid, shaded environments with high rainfall and stable warmth. The plant develops slender, internoding stems with aerial roots at the nodes. Its alternate, petiolate leaves are coriaceous and glossy mid-to-dark green, pedate in shape, divided almost to the base into 3-5 narrow, lance-shaped lobes with sharply pointed tips, radiating from a single point atop the petiole, each with a distinct midrib and reticulate venation. Juvenile leaves are simple and ovate before this lobing develops; only very mature specimens develop occasional elongated perforations near the midrib. It produces axillary inflorescences with a spathe enclosing the spadix, and fruits that ripen to an orange color.

Native range

Southeast Asia / Malesia

Classification

Genus

Amydrium

Family

Araceae

Type

Wild

Growth habit

Climbing Liane

Morphology

Leaf shape

Pedate, deeply divided almost to the base into 3-5 narrow, lance-shaped lobes with sharply pointed tips radiating from a single point atop the petiole; juvenile leaves are simple and ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base.. Lobes are solid at the size typically seen in cultivation; only very mature, high-light specimens may eventually show occasional elongated perforations near the midrib.

Leaf length

Variable, large

Leaf width

Variable

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

Distinctive reticulate venation with prominent veins

Texture

Coriaceous

Variegation

None

Growth habit

Climbing with slender, internoding stems