Philodendron Winterbourn

Abstract

A cultivar of Philodendron Selloum having more and smaller leaves, with a red spadix. The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Philodendron which is believed to be a sport of the Philodendron Selloum. The plant was grown from a seed found in a collection of seeds from the Philodendron Selloum and is believed to be derived from that variety. The denomination of this new variety is "Philodendron Winterbourn". Among the novel characteristics distinguishing this variety from Philodendron Selloum is that the new variety is a smaller leaved much more compact plant than Philodendron Selloum generally having many more leaves than similar aged plants of Philodendron Selloum. While the leaves of Philodendron Winterbourn are similar in overall morphology to those of Philodendron Selloum, they differ markedly in their size. The leaves of Philodendron Winterbourn are approximately three-fourths the length of those of Philodendron Selloum, but only one-third the breadth. That is, while the leaves of Philodendron Selloum are nearly as broad at the base as they are long, the leaves of Philodendron Winterbourn are only slightly over half as wide at the base as they are long. The veins on the back of the leaves of Philodendron Selloum also apparently do not turn reddish as they do in older plants of Philodendron Winterbourn. The spathe of Philodendron Selloum is green on the outside whereas that of Philodendron Winterbourn is a dull, dark red.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Philodendron substantially as shown and described characterized by a more compact plant having more leaves that are only slightly half as wide at the base as they are long with a spathe of a dull dark red color and a flower characterized by a peduncle of a dull olive green color with the transition to the spathe being obliquely and abrupt and flowers are cream colored for the upper four-fifths of their length and have pale yellow female flowers over the lower fifth, the surface is pink in the lower two-thirds and cream colored in the upper third.