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Field Guide · Aglaonema
Pink, red, silver, and the camouflage-leafed Pictum complex — where the genus gets interesting.
The one most collectors mean when they say pictum. Three tones of green arranged in irregular camouflage blotches, with new leaves emerging almost minty before settling. Wild-collected lineages from Sumatra and surrounding islands vary wildly — some forms hold tight rosettes, others stretch. Slower and fussier than the hybrid Aglaonemas, and worth every bit of the wait.
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