Plant Xanadu. Needs to be rich and well-draining Water only when the top few inches of your potting mix. Discovered in Western Australia in 1983 as a chance seedling it was subsequently patented as Philodendron Winterbourn then renamed Xanadu by House Plants of Australia and released as their plant of the year in 1988.
Thaumatophyllum xanadu is a perennial plant belonging to the arum family Araceae and the genus Thaumatophyllum formerly classified under the Meconostigma subgenus of Philodendron. Philodendron Xanadu is an ornamental indoor house plant. Cut leaf and Xanadu philodendrons are highly versatile since they can be planted in the shade garden grown in containers outdoors or utilized as indoor plants.
It has small shiny deeply lobed leaves on slender glossy green stems that emerge from the base to form a clumping mound.
It will form a dense clump of beautifully lobed leaves and will tend to grow wider than taller. As for spring and summer it does well with indirect light and a bit of dappled shade. The Philodendron Xanadu propagation is in such a way that it grows up to 4-5 feet in height and 5 feet in width. Each shiny green leathery leaf has 15-20 distinct lobes.
