Philodendron 'Strawberry Shake'

Strawberry Shake is a variegated sport of 'Red Emerald' that swaps its parent's solid burgundy-and-green coloring for splashy sectors of strawberry pink, orange, yellow, and green scattered irregularly across the glossy leaf blade, genuinely one of the more colourful Philodendron cultivars in circulation. As with other chimeric variegations, sector placement and intensity vary from cutting to cutting, and plants can revert toward solid green if kept in low light for extended periods. It retains the vigorous climbing habit and glossy, leathery foliage typical of the erubescens line.

Native range

Variegated sport mutation of Philodendron erubescens 'Red Emerald'.

Classification

Genus

Philodendron

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing on aerial roots

Form of

Philodendron erubescens

Morphology

Leaf shape

OvateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base.-cordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches.

Leaf length

20-30 cm

Leaf width

15-22 cm

Petiole colour

Reddish-pink

Venation

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

Texture

Glossy, leathery

Variegation

ChimericVariegation caused by a cell mutation. Often produces high contrast but can be unstable and revert to all-green. (unstableVariegation that is prone to disappearing (reverting to solid green) if lighting conditions are poor or if not pruned.) splashy sectors of strawberry pink, orange, yellow, and green; propagates true only from a cutting taken at a variegated node, sector strength varies by light exposure

Growth habit

Climbing