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Pink Princess philodendron

16 years ago

I got a pink princess from Soltice's swap a while back. It's been a slow grower. It's been on my N. facing patio. Is this a house plant or something that can be in the ground in S. Fla? I thought about planting it under a Christmas palm to see if it would grow like pothos, but wouldn't that be too much sun?

Anyone growing this? Any words of wisdom?

(You can get the neatest stuff at swaps!)

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Comments (3)

trini1trini
16 years ago
Hi Coffeemom,
I have only seen those in baskets. I doubt it will do well planted lite that.
T-
bihai
16 years ago
Pink Princess is a climber.
I have three of them in my greenhouse, planted directly into the ground and growing up trellises. They do fine. Like many philos, the leaves get larger as the plant goes up the trellis.

The pink portions are the equivalent to the white portions of a variegated plant--they conduct little or no photosynthesis. So the plant needs more light than you would think to do well. I'll see if I can hunt up a photo
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bihai
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Here are some photos of all 3 of mine:
This one is marginal, I was really trying to take a photo of the C. plumosa palm, LOL
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