Philodendron Melanochrysum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, endemic to the wet Andean foothills of Colombia, growing at approximaely 500m above sea level in the provinces of Choco and Antioquia but widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.
The name suffix “melanochrysum” means “black gold” and refers to “tiny golden sparkles” sometimes abserves when the leaves of the adult plant (which are dark, almost black are in light.
