Philodendron Green Princess
- 50Pieces(Min.Order)
$2.09-$4.59
Temperature & Light
Like many in the Philodendron family, she likes medium to bright indirect light. Not a sunbather, especially in summer, as direct light can burn her beautiful leaves and cause brown marks, but she'll handle a bit of direct sun in winter. She'll also handle lower light conditions like the ease-care girl she is, but growth may slow down. Like most of us, she prefers warm temperatures. Aim to keep her above about 12 degrees. Drafts aren't ideal. A light warm wind all good, but don't put her by an open door, or in the path of air from your air conditioning / heat pump.
Water
Lightly, evenly moist - but not soggy. No feet wet please. Lower maintenance than many because the Philodendron Green Princess won't mind drying out a bit between watering, especially in winter, but over-watering is a no go. We feed monthly in Spring and Summer (a half dose of Groconut if you feed weekly, otherwise normal dose fortnightly). A regular drench when the top is dry is a good method for watering this girl. Just let that all drain out and stop dripping before returning her to her saucer or cover pot. Definitely need a pot with drainage holes for this girl.
At our place (we're in Auckland), we water about weekly in summer and fortnightly in winter, but you're best to judge it based on the top couple of cm's of soil being dry. She will thrive with humidity. Not much of an issue in a typical NZ summer but consider a humidifier in winter, or at least a pebble tray below her (make sure she sits on the pebbles not in the water though - no wet feet remember).
Soil
We find she goes well in about a 3/4 potting mix, 1/4 perlite mix but if you're an under-waterer, try full potting mix for the extra water retention.
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