Philodendron camposportoanum 'Aurea'

Philodendron camposportoanum 'Aurea' takes the species' distinctive heteroblastic leaf (glossy, deeply three-lobed, with a pale central stripe) and marbles it with irregular chartreuse-gold sectoring over the usual deep green rather than replacing the colour outright. It sits alongside the more established 'Variegated' cream-marbled form already catalogued, offering a gold-toned sectoral break rather than a white one. Growth follows the same compact climbing habit as the species, and colour intensity is strongly light-dependent, with plants grown in lower light settling into a duller, greener balance rather than a vivid gold.

Native range

Golden colour-form cultivar of Philodendron camposportoanum, Brazil; selection maintained in cultivation

Classification

Genus

Philodendron

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing/vining, compact

Form of

Philodendron camposportoanum

Morphology

Leaf shape

Deeply three-lobed, arrow-like central lobe

Leaf length

10-18 cm

Leaf width

8-14 cm

Petiole colour

Slender, yellow-green

Venation

Pale central stripe along the midrib, subtle pinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein. venation

Texture

Glossy

Variegation

Irregular golden-chartreuse marbling and sectoring over the green base blade, not a solid colour

Growth habit

Compact climbing vine with aerial roots