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Homalomena wallisii
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: moderate Light: full_shade Toxicity: high
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 9–12
Click count
79
Observations
10
Description
Source: leafsnapAdelonema wallisii (synonym Homalomena wallisii ) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.It reaches about 6" (15 cm) in height but with a much wider spread. The leaf blades are elliptic to ovate-oblong in shape about 5 - 8" (13 – 20 cm) in length, on rather short stalks, arching or recurving, bright-green with a markings of a marbled yellow. It can be confused with the rather similar Aglaonema.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full shade
Ideal: Full shade
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Homalomena
- Family
- Araceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-11
- Mature Height
- 15 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Yellow
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Pink
- Bloom Time
- All year round
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- All year round
- Native Area
- Panama, Venezuela
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