Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux


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Quick Care Guide
Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux
Watering
Water when ~30–50% dry
Substrate
Moisture-retentive but aerated • Evenly moist • Organic-leaning • Fine-medium
Temperature
Ideal: 20–27 °C • Avoid below: 15 °C
Humidity
Humid 60–80 % +
Growth habit
Upright clumping herbaceous perennial.
Support
not needed
Growth speed
Average
Max size indoors
Max. height: 50 cm • Max. spread: 60 cm
Toxicity & safety
Toxic
Origin & habitat
Native from Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia) to Ecuador
Outdoor growing
Outside from 15 °C · sheltered spot
These care values are quick reference points for indoor growing. Use them as a guide, then adjust for pot size, substrate, temperature and how quickly the substrate dries.
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Adelonema peltatum is a wet-tropical aroid with shield-like leaves and a grounded, terrestrial growth habit. The petiole attaches away from the leaf edge, giving the foliage the peltate shape reflected in the species name.
Stable warmth, filtered light and an airy substrate keep the plant growing steadily. The roots need even moisture, oxygen and quick drainage after watering.
Adelonema peltatum grows as a tropical aroid from wet forest regions of Colombia to Ecuador. In a pot, it grows best with warm temperatures, steady moisture and an airy root zone.
Its peltate leaves attach underneath the blade rather than at the edge. This gives each leaf a shield-like outline on an upright stalk.
As an aroid, Adelonema peltatum should be kept away from pets and children that chew plants. Plant tissue may irritate the mouth, throat and stomach if eaten.
The species epithet peltatum refers to the peltate, shield-like leaf attachment. In 2016, Sin Yeng Wong, Alan W. Meerow and Thomas B. Croat published “Resurrection and new species of the Neotropical genus Adelonema (Araceae: Philodendron Clade)” in Systematic Botany 41(1): 32–48.
The paper transferred Neotropical species formerly placed in Homalomena into Adelonema, because molecular and morphological evidence separated them from Asian Homalomena. Adelonema peltatum was published there as Adelonema peltatum (Mast.) S.Y.Wong & Croat.
Adelonema peltatum grows as a compact shield-leaved aroid for warm, humid indoor setups.
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