Philodendron 'Thai Sunrise'

Philodendron 'Thai Sunrise' is a recent named hybrid out of the Thai export nursery trade, sold under a marketing name rather than a formal cultivar registration, common for this class of Philodendron and part of why its exact parentage isn't published. Its draw is an aurea-style variegation running down the centre of each elongated leaf, shifting from bright lime to golden-yellow and framed by a stable deep-green margin, rather than the white sectors more familiar from Albo forms. It climbs like most Philodendron hybrids of this type and has been picked up quickly by UK, US, and Indonesian retailers over the past year or two, though (as with most trade-named Thai hybrids) retail stock has caught up with demand faster than genuinely wild-collected species ever do.

Origin

No wild native range, a designer hybrid developed in Thailand; exact parentage undisclosed, as is typical for named cultivars from the Thai export trade.

Classification

Genus

Philodendron

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing hemiepiphyte

Morphology

Leaf shape

Elongated, ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base.-lanceolateLance-shaped leaves that are significantly longer than they are wide, tapering to a point at the tip.

Leaf length

30-50 cm

Leaf width

10-18 cm

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein., faint lighter midrib on variegated tissue

Texture

Semi-glossy, moderately thick

Variegation

AureaVariegation featuring yellow, gold, or lime-coloured patches.-style centre variegation, bright lime to golden-yellow through the middle of the blade, framed by a stableVariegation that is genetically locked, meaning new leaves will reliably display the variegation pattern. deep-green margin

Growth habit

Climbing with support