181 Species of Genus Schismatoglottis

Schismatoglottis: My Aroid Obsession

I’m Ferb Vu, and like many plant enthusiasts, I’ve fallen head over heels for the captivating world of aroids. But within this vast and diverse family, one genus has truly captured my attention: Schismatoglottis. These fascinating plants, with their striking foliage and intriguing growth habits, have become a focal point of my collection, and I’m eager to share my passion with you.

Unveiling the Beauty of Schismatoglottis

Native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, Schismatoglottis are aroids that thrive in the humid understory. What sets them apart is their incredible diversity in leaf shape, size, and coloration. From velvety textures and intricate veining to shimmering metallic sheens and splashes of contrasting colors, each species offers a unique visual feast.

Unlike their close relatives, the Homalomena, Schismatoglottis lack a distinct fragrance. Instead, they entice with their sheer visual appeal. Imagine leaves shaped like elongated teardrops, slender lances, or even elegant hearts, each adorned with patterns that mimic rippling water, abstract art, or even animal prints. The diversity is simply astounding.

Exploring the Diversity: A Glimpse into the Species

With over 180 recognized species and new ones constantly being discovered, the world of Schismatoglottis is a treasure trove for collectors. Here are:

  1. Schismatoglottis acutangula Engl.
  2. Schismatoglottis acutifolia Engl.
  3. Schismatoglottis adducta S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  4. Schismatoglottis adoceta S.Y.Wong
  5. Schismatoglottis ahmadii A.Hay
  6. Schismatoglottis amosyui S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce
  7. Schismatoglottis angustifolia Alderw.
  8. Schismatoglottis antu S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  9. Schismatoglottis ardenii A.Hay
  10. Schismatoglottis asperata Engl.
  11. Schismatoglottis auyongii S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  12. Schismatoglottis baangongensis S.Y.Wong, Y.C.Hoe & P.C.Boyce
  13. Schismatoglottis barbata Engl.
  14. Schismatoglottis bauensis A.Hay & C.Lee
  15. Schismatoglottis belonis S.Y.Wong, Aisahtul & P.C.Boyce
  16. Schismatoglottis bifasciata Engl.
  17. Schismatoglottis bitaeniata Engl.
  18. Schismatoglottis bogneri A.Hay
  19. Schismatoglottis brevicuspis Hook.f.
  20. Schismatoglottis bulbifera H.Okada, H.Tsukaya & Y.Mori
  21. Schismatoglottis cadierei Buchet & Gagnep. ex S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  22. Schismatoglottis caesia S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Y.C.Hoe
  23. Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Roxb.) Zoll. & Moritzi
  24. Schismatoglottis camera-lucida P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  25. Schismatoglottis canaliculata Engl.
  26. Schismatoglottis ciliata A.Hay
  27. Schismatoglottis clarae A.Hay
  28. Schismatoglottis clausula S.Y.Wong
  29. Schismatoglottis clemensiorum A.Hay
  30. Schismatoglottis clivemarshii S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Kartini
  31. Schismatoglottis colocasioidea M.Hotta
  32. Schismatoglottis confinis S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  33. Schismatoglottis conoidea Engl.
  34. Schismatoglottis convolvula P.C.Boyce
  35. Schismatoglottis cordifolia Ridl.
  36. Schismatoglottis crinitissima A.Hay
  37. Schismatoglottis crypta P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  38. Schismatoglottis cyria P.C.Boyce
  39. Schismatoglottis decipiens A.Hay
  40. Schismatoglottis dilecta S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low
  41. Schismatoglottis diversicolor Alderw.
  42. Schismatoglottis djamuensis Engl.
  43. Schismatoglottis dulosa S.Y.Wong
  44. Schismatoglottis ecaudata A.Hay
  45. Schismatoglottis edanoi A.Hay
  46. Schismatoglottis elegans A.Hay
  47. Schismatoglottis emarginata Engl.
  48. Schismatoglottis engleriana Alderw.
  49. Schismatoglottis erecta M.Hotta
  50. Schismatoglottis evelyniae P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  51. Schismatoglottis eximia Engl.
  52. Schismatoglottis eymae A.Hay
  53. Schismatoglottis ferruginea Merr.
  54. Schismatoglottis fossae S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Aisahtul
  55. Schismatoglottis gaesa S.Y.Wong, Aisahtul & P.C.Boyce
  56. Schismatoglottis gampsospadix P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  57. Schismatoglottis gangsai S.Y.Wong, Aisahtul & P.C.Boyce
  58. Schismatoglottis gephyra P.C.Boyce
  59. Schismatoglottis giamensis S.Y.Wong, Y.C.Hoe & P.C.Boyce
  60. Schismatoglottis gillianiae P.C.Boyce
  61. Schismatoglottis glauca Engl.
  62. Schismatoglottis grabowskii Engl.
  63. Schismatoglottis guabatuensis S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  64. Schismatoglottis gui P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  65. Schismatoglottis hainanensis H.Li
  66. Schismatoglottis harmandii Engl.
  67. Schismatoglottis hayana Bogner & P.C.Boyce
  68. Schismatoglottis hayi S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  69. Schismatoglottis hellwigiana Engl.
  70. Schismatoglottis hendrikii S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  71. Schismatoglottis heterodoxa S.Y.Wong
  72. Schismatoglottis hottae Bogner & Nicolson
  73. Schismatoglottis ifugaoensis S.Y.Wong, Bogner & P.C.Boyce
  74. Schismatoglottis iliata S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  75. Schismatoglottis imbakensis Kartini, S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  76. Schismatoglottis inculta Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce
  77. Schismatoglottis irrorata Engl.
  78. Schismatoglottis jelandii P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  79. Schismatoglottis jitinae S.Y.Wong
  80. Schismatoglottis klossii Ridl.
  81. Schismatoglottis larynx S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  82. Schismatoglottis latevaginata Engl.
  83. Schismatoglottis laxipistillata S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Y.C.Hoe
  84. Schismatoglottis lingua A.Hay
  85. Schismatoglottis liniae S.Y.Wong
  86. Schismatoglottis longipes Miq.
  87. Schismatoglottis longispatha W.Bull
  88. Schismatoglottis lowiae S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  89. Schismatoglottis luzonensis Engl.
  90. Schismatoglottis maelii P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  91. Schismatoglottis matangensis S.Y.Wong
  92. Schismatoglottis mayoana Bogner & M.Hotta
  93. Schismatoglottis meriraiensis P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  94. Schismatoglottis merrillii Engl.
  95. Schismatoglottis metallica S.Y.Wong, Koens & P.C.Boyce
  96. Schismatoglottis mindanaoana Engl.
  97. Schismatoglottis minuta Tandang & M.D.Angeles
  98. Schismatoglottis mira S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low
  99. Schismatoglottis modesta Schott
  100. Schismatoglottis monoplacenta M.Hotta
  101. Schismatoglottis mons Kartini
  102. Schismatoglottis moodii A.Hay
  103. Schismatoglottis motleyana (Schott) Engl.
  104. Schismatoglottis multiflora Ridl.
  105. Schismatoglottis multinervia M.Hotta
  106. Schismatoglottis muluensis M.Hotta
  107. Schismatoglottis neoguineensis (Linden ex André) N.E.Br.
  108. Schismatoglottis nervosa Ridl.
  109. Schismatoglottis niahensis A.Hay
  110. Schismatoglottis nicolsonii A.Hay
  111. Schismatoglottis nieuwenhuisii Engl.
  112. Schismatoglottis pantiensis S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Y.C.Hoe
  113. Schismatoglottis parvifolia Alderw.
  114. Schismatoglottis patentinervia Engl.
  115. Schismatoglottis pectinervia A.Hay
  116. Schismatoglottis pellucida S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.K.Chai
  117. Schismatoglottis penangensis Engl.
  118. Schismatoglottis persistens S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  119. Schismatoglottis petradoxa S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  120. Schismatoglottis petri A.Hay
  121. Schismatoglottis pichinensis P.C.Boyce
  122. Schismatoglottis picta Schott
  123. Schismatoglottis platystigma M.Hotta
  124. Schismatoglottis plurivenia Alderw.
  125. Schismatoglottis pocong S.Y.Wong, S.L.Low & P.C.Boyce
  126. Schismatoglottis porpax S.Y.Wong, Kartini & P.C.Boyce
  127. Schismatoglottis potamophila Alderw.
  128. Schismatoglottis priapica S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & Kartini
  129. Schismatoglottis prietoi P.C.Boyce, Medecilo & S.Y.Wong
  130. Schismatoglottis pseudocalyptrata Alderw.
  131. Schismatoglottis puberulipes Alderw.
  132. Schismatoglottis pudenda A.Hay
  133. Schismatoglottis pulchra N.E.Br.
  134. Schismatoglottis pumila Hallier f. ex Engl.
  135. Schismatoglottis puncakborneensis P.C.Boyce
  136. Schismatoglottis pusilla Engl.
  137. Schismatoglottis pyrrhias A.Hay
  138. Schismatoglottis ranchanensis S.Y.Wong
  139. Schismatoglottis rejangica S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  140. Schismatoglottis reticosa S.Y.Wong, Koens & P.C.Boyce
  141. Schismatoglottis retinervia Furtado
  142. Schismatoglottis riparia Schott
  143. Schismatoglottis roh S.Y.Wong, Y.C.Hoe & P.C.Boyce
  144. Schismatoglottis roseopedes S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.K.Chai
  145. Schismatoglottis roseospatha Bogner
  146. Schismatoglottis ruttenii Alderw.
  147. Schismatoglottis saafiei Kartini, P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  148. Schismatoglottis samarensis A.Hay
  149. Schismatoglottis schottii Bogner & Nicolson
  150. Schismatoglottis scintillans Scherber. & P.C.Boyce
  151. Schismatoglottis scortechinii Hook.f.
  152. Schismatoglottis sejuncta A.Hay
  153. Schismatoglottis serratodentata S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.K.Chai
  154. Schismatoglottis shaleicola P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  155. Schismatoglottis silamensis A.Hay
  156. Schismatoglottis simonii S.Y.Wong
  157. Schismatoglottis smaragdina S.Y.Wong, Aisahtul & P.C.Boyce
  158. Schismatoglottis sublaxiflora Alderw.
  159. Schismatoglottis subundulata (Zoll. ex Schott) Nicolson
  160. Schismatoglottis tahubangensis A.Hay & Hersc.
  161. Schismatoglottis tegorae P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  162. Schismatoglottis tenuifolia Engl.
  163. Schismatoglottis tessellata S.Y.Wong
  164. Schismatoglottis thelephora S.Y.Wong, P.C.Boyce & S.L.Low
  165. Schismatoglottis trifasciata Engl.
  166. Schismatoglottis trivittata Hallier
  167. Schismatoglottis trusmadiensis A.Hay & Mood
  168. Schismatoglottis tseui S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
  169. Schismatoglottis turbata S.Y.Wong
  170. Schismatoglottis ulusarikeiensis S.Y.Wong
  171. Schismatoglottis unifolia A.Hay & P.C.Boyce
  172. Schismatoglottis vanvuurenii Alderw.
  173. Schismatoglottis venusta A.Hay
  174. Schismatoglottis viridissima A.Hay
  175. Schismatoglottis wahaiana Alderw.
  176. Schismatoglottis wallichii Hook.f.
  177. Schismatoglottis warburgiana Engl.
  178. Schismatoglottis winkleri Engl.
  179. Schismatoglottis wongii A.Hay
  180. Schismatoglottis zainuddinii Kartini, P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong
  181. Schismatoglottis zonata Hallier f.

Cultivating My Schismatoglottis Collection

As a dedicated plant enthusiast, I’ve curated a collection of Schismatoglottis that brings me immense joy. Creating the right environment is crucial for their well-being. I mimic their natural habitat by providing high humidity, well-draining soil, and bright, indirect light. Regular watering is essential, but I always ensure the soil dries slightly between waterings to prevent root rot.

One of the most rewarding aspects of growing Schismatoglottis is witnessing their growth and development. New leaves unfurl with an elegance that never ceases to amaze me. I find myself constantly observing their intricate patterns and textures, marveling at the artistry of nature.

The Allure of the Rare and Unusual

While I appreciate the beauty of common Schismatoglottis species, I’m particularly drawn to the rare and unusual varieties. These elusive gems, often discovered in remote corners of the rainforest, possess a unique allure. Their scarcity and distinctive characteristics make them highly sought after by collectors like myself.

The thrill of the hunt is undeniable. Scouring online forums, connecting with fellow enthusiasts, and even embarking on expeditions to nurseries and plant shows are all part of the journey. When I finally acquire a rare Schismatoglottis, the sense of accomplishment is immense.

A Shared Passion for Schismatoglottis

The beauty of the plant world lies in its ability to connect people. I’ve found a vibrant community of Schismatoglottis enthusiasts online and offline. We share our experiences, exchange tips and cuttings, and celebrate our successes together. This shared passion creates a sense of belonging and enriches my plant journey.

I believe that everyone can find joy in cultivating plants, and Schismatoglottis offer a unique and rewarding experience. Their captivating beauty, diversity, and relative ease of care make them an excellent choice for both novice and experienced plant lovers.

If you’re looking to add a touch of the exotic to your home, I highly recommend exploring the world of Schismatoglottis. You might just find yourself, like me, falling under their spell.

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