| Description | An easy to grow plant for the more difficult places in the house. This is the species plant and has been superseded by many better and more colorful cultivars. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | tropical |
| Sunlight | Will tolerate most light conditions except full sun. Prefers bright to moderate but can exist in the low light areas. |
| Moisture | evenly moist |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | Prefers average house plus but tolerates average house. |
| Flowers | white to greenish spathes, not very ornamental unless you are a botanist. |
| Leaves | upright plant with green leaves |
| Stems | medium size cane-like stems. |
| Propagation | Easy to root from stem section cuttings and tip cuttings. Older plants can be divided. To do stem section cuttings, cut a six inch piece of stem and insert into a rooting media. Make sure that the stem is oriented properly. If I do a lot of the cane cuttings I use a marker to mark which is bottom and which is top. |
| Native Site | SE Asia, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, New Guinea, Philippines. |
| Cultivar Origin | First introduced to the US market in around 1900. |
| Notes & Reference | www.Aglanomea.com |
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