SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM 'KEY LIME'

ORIGIN:

Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

Bright green leaves with bold white veins.¹

NOTES:

1. An Agri-Starts tissue-culture sport listed among Florida's new cultivars in 2002,³ and one of the selections Boyce recommends.⁴

2. Unconfirmed: The blade is wide, veined light yellow-cream over 35 to 50 percent of its surface and lime to chartreuse near the veins, the rest rich medium green.²

REFERENCES:

1. Chen, J., McConnell, D.B. & Everitt, K.C. 2005. Cultural guidelines for commercial production of interiorscape Syngonium. University of Florida IFAS Extension ENH 993 / EP244

2. Hatch, L.C. 2024. Houseplant Cultivars, Volume I, 2nd edition, Syngonium section (after the Report of the Syngonium Working Group, 2nd edition, 2023). Cultivar.org, Cary, North Carolina

3. Chen, J., Henny, R.J. & McConnell, D.B. 2002. Development of new foliage plant cultivars. In: Janick, J. & Whipkey, A. (eds), Trends in New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia

4. Boyce, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. Araceae of Thailand: A Pictorial Guide to Indigenous and Cultivated Genera (Syngonium section)

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