Philodendron UK nursery
BILLIETIAE AUREA VARIEGATED
A young plant, fully rooted, with a minimum of three leaves. It arrives growing in Fluval Stratum, ready to be grown on into its mature form.
- Variegation
- Aurea
- Available
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- Delivery
- Free over £75
Every plant is individual, so leaf count and size vary slightly. Want to see a specific plant before you buy? Message us and we'll send photos.
- Free UK delivery over £75, heat-packed
- Hand-selected and inspected before dispatch
- Covered by our 7-day live arrival guarantee
What collectors say
Care
Light. Bright, indirect light. Variegated tissue carries less chlorophyll and scorches more easily than green, so filter strong sun.
Water and humidity. Keep the substrate evenly moist, never wet. Aim for 60% humidity or higher.
Feeding. A balanced feed programme through spring and summer; ease off in winter.
Dormancy. An Alocasia that drops its leaves in the cold is usually resting, not dead. Keep it warm and barely moist and it will push again.
Delivery and arrival
Plants are dispatched Monday to Thursday only, so they never sit in a depot over a weekend. Every order is sent with a heat pack and packed plastic-free.
Free UK delivery on orders over £75. Unpack on arrival and give your plant a few days of steady conditions to acclimatise.
Every plant is covered by our 7-day live arrival guarantee. If there's a problem, email sales@thealocasiacompany.co.uk within 7 days of delivery with your order number and clear photos. Please don't repot in those first 7 days, as repotting voids the guarantee.
Pet safety
Like all aroids, this plant contains insoluble calcium oxalate crystals and is toxic if eaten. Keep it out of reach of cats, dogs and children.
About this cultivar
BILLIETIAE AUREA VARIEGATED
Philodendron billietiae Aurea Variegated
Looking for Philodendron billietiae Aurea Variegated? This is a golden-variegated form of one of the most recognisable strap-leaved Philodendron, and a scarce one worth understanding before you buy.
Philodendron billietiae is already a distinctive plant without any variegation. The leaf is long, narrow and elegantly rippled along its margins, held on a petiole that flushes a striking orange to red, one of the few Philodendron where the stem is as much of a talking point as the foliage. It is architectural in a way few strap-leaved aroids manage.
The aurea form lays golden-yellow variegation over that already elegant leaf. Rather than clean white sectors, the colour comes through warm, gold and butter tones marbled and sectored through the deep green, so the effect is rich rather than stark. On a long strappy blade like this the variegation runs the length of the leaf, which reads very differently to how it sits on a broad round one. Because the variegation is chimeric, no two leaves express alike, and it cannot be guaranteed to come through the same way on every new leaf.
In cultivation billietiae is a climbing aroid and more forgiving than the jewel Alocasia many collectors know, but the golden tissue carries reduced chlorophyll, so bright, indirect light matters both to keep the plant vigorous and to hold the variegation. Give it a moss pole to climb, keep humidity up, and water once the top of the substrate begins to dry.
All plants are grown in Fluval Stratum, our preferred early-stage medium for rooting and establishing young plants. Once fully rooted and growing away we repot into our own pon mix, blended from components in our Soil Ninja range.
- Variegation: golden aurea, warm gold and butter tones, marbled and sectored through green
- Leaf: long, rippled, strap-shaped blade, variegation running its length
- Petiole: the striking orange to red stem billietiae is known for
- Light: bright, indirect light to support healthy variegation
- Humidity: high, thrives at 60% and above
- Growth habit: climbing aroid, wants a moss pole to develop
- Note: chimeric, so no two leaves alike and expression is not guaranteed on every leaf
A scarce golden form of a collector-favourite strap-leaf Philodendron. Get in touch with the team at The Alocasia Company if you'd like advice on care or variegation stability.
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