Philodendron 'Caramel Marble'

Deeply serrated, saw-tooth-edged leaves marble and sector in caramel, orange, yellow, cream and deep green on Philodendron 'Caramel Marble', a variegated cultivar where no two leaves show quite the same pattern. Thick, stiff and leathery, the foliage rises on sturdy reddish-brown petioles. Slow growth combined with genuine demand for well-marked colouration keeps mature, heavily variegated specimens at a premium among collectors chasing the strongest examples.

Native range

Cultivated mutation

Classification

Genus

Philodendron

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing aroid, upright when young, climbs with support

Morphology

Leaf shape

Deeply serrated to pinnately lobed, lanceolateLance-shaped leaves that are significantly longer than they are wide, tapering to a point at the tip. to narrow-oblong

Leaf length

15 - 30 cm

Leaf width

8 - 15 cm

Petiole colour

Reddish-brown to dark maroon

Venation

PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein., subtle green midrib

Texture

Thick, leathery (coriaceous), glossy

Variegation

Caramel, orange, yellow, cream, and green marbled and sectoral patterns

Growth habit

Climber with support