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hastatum silver sword philodendron Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' – Foliage FactoryPhilodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' ('Silver Sword') Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen', also known as 'Silver Sword' in the hobby, is a silver leaved climbing Philodendron with arrow shaped juvenile foliage and a metallic silver green to blue silver surface. The leaves are smooth, pointed and narrow at first, then can lengthen into a more spear shaped outline as the plant climbs. The species Philodendron hastatum is native to south eastern Brazil,
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' ('Silver Sword')
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen', also known as 'Silver Sword' in the hobby, is a silver-leaved climbing Philodendron with arrow-shaped juvenile foliage and a metallic silver-green to blue-silver surface. The leaves are smooth, pointed and narrow at first, then can lengthen into a more spear-shaped outline as the plant climbs.
The species Philodendron hastatum is native to south-eastern Brazil, where it grows as a climbing aroid in wet tropical conditions. In cultivation, 'Silver Queen' needs a warm position, an airy root zone and a firm vertical surface so the stem can lengthen without collapsing under its own weight.
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' silver foliage and climbing growth
- Foliage: Metallic silver-green to blue-silver leaves with a smooth surface.
- Leaf shape: Juvenile blades are arrow-shaped and can become longer and more spear-like as the plant matures.
- Growth habit: Climbing Philodendron with nodes and aerial-root growth along an elongating stem.
- Support: A pole, plank or board helps the stem stay upright as the leaves lengthen.
- Indoor character: A fast, vertical-growing aroid with a clear silver foliage effect.
Care for Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen'
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' grows best with bright filtered light, steady warmth and a chunky substrate that does not stay dense around the roots. Good stem support matters early, because the plant climbs from node to node and the silver leaves become more impressive when the growth stays upright.
- Light: Place Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' in bright filtered light. Harsh direct sun can scorch or dull the pale silver leaf surface.
- Water: Water when part of the potting mix has dried, then let excess water drain fully.
- Humidity: Moderate to higher humidity helps new leaves expand smoothly on active climbing stems.
- Temperature: Keep warm and stable, ideally above 18 °C, and avoid cold draughts or cold wet substrate.
- Substrate: Use a chunky, fast-draining aroid mix with bark, mineral particles and enough air space around the roots.
- Pot choice: Use a pot that drains freely and can hold the support securely without tipping.
- Repotting: Repot when roots fill the pot, the substrate breaks down, or the support no longer sits firmly.
- Fertilising: Feed lightly during active growth with a balanced houseplant fertiliser at diluted strength.
- Growth rate: Growth is usually moderate to fast indoors when warmth, light and root aeration are stable.
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' pruning, propagation and mineral substrates
- Pruning: Remove damaged leaves or cut back a long stem above a node if the plant needs reshaping.
- Propagation: Propagate from stem cuttings with at least one node and healthy aerial-root tissue.
- Semi-hydro: Suitable for mineral or semi-hydro substrates if roots are kept warm, oxygenated and not stagnant.
- Training: Tie or guide young stems before the internodes harden, so the plant climbs cleanly from the base.
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' leaf marks, long internodes and pests
- Long gaps between leaves: Move closer to brighter filtered light if the stem stretches and the leaves stay small.
- Yellow lower leaves: Check for wet, compacted substrate or a pot that stays damp for too long.
- Brown patches: Direct sun, dry roots or physical leaf damage can mark the silver surface.
- Root issues: Slow growth with soft stems or yellowing leaves often points to poor drainage or cold wet roots.
- Pests: Check new growth, leaf backs and petioles for thrips, spider mites, mealybugs and scale.
Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' toxicity
The leaves and stems of Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals and should stay out of reach of pets and children.
Philodendron hastatum name origin and publication
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott described the genus Philodendron in 1829 in Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Litteratur, Theater und Mode. The name comes from Greek philo- or philein, meaning loving, and dendron, meaning tree. Philodendron hastatum was described by K. Koch and Sello and published in Index Seminum in Horto Botanico Berolinensi 1854(App.): 7, issued in 1855. The species epithet hastatum means spear-shaped or armed with a spear.
With its blue-silver leaves and climbing growth, Philodendron hastatum 'Silver Queen' is a strong choice for a vertical aroid display.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2026
★★★★★ 5
If we care about racism and white privilege, what should we do?
Format: Kindle
One hundred and fifty-two years ago, slavery ended in the United States. And yet the tentacles of that time touch lives every day, all these years later.
What can be done to make things better? Michael Eric Dyson, a sociology professor at Georgetown University, and an ordained Baptist minister, suggests that white people who care about the lives of black people should make individual reparations. In his book, Tears We Cannot Stop …A Sermon to White America, Dyson says, “{Black people} built a legacy of excellence and struggle and pride amidst one of the most vicious assaults on humanity in recorded history. That assault may have started with slavery, but it didn’t end there. The legacy of that assault, its lingering and lethal effect, continues to this day. It flares in broken homes and blighted communities, in low wages and social chaos, in self-destruction and self-hate too. But so much of what ails us—black people. That is—is tied up with what ails you—white folk, that is. We are tied together in what Martin Luther King Jr. called a single garment of destiny. Yet sewed into that garment are pockets of misery and suffering that seem to be filled with a disproportionate number of black people.”
The book, unlike Dyson’s other scholarly works, takes the form of a worship service, and uses the concept of an extended sermon, or jeremiad, to lead the reader through confession, repentence, and redemption “through the long night of despair to the bright day of hope.” In Dysons’s view, “whiteness is a problem to be struggled with,” and his book is of inestimable value in grappling with the struggle.
The book speaks at length of police brutality against black people, and fervently tries to create empathy in white readers. It includes an extraordinary bibliography of books which give insight and voice to black history, oppression, pain, achievement, and lives.
And it speaks of reparations, and our responsibility as white beneficiaries of an unequal system, to take concrete actions to right the wrong, the change our country and the lives of our black sisters and brothers and their children.
Dyson is imaginative, and has many suggestions for how an individual or group “I.R.A.”—an Individual Reparations Account. We could buy books for black college students, overpay our black accountant or hairdresser, pay the black person who cuts our grass double the amount on the bill, give to the United Negro College Fund, and more. He suggests that faith groups consider giving 10% of their revenues to a church I.R.A. In an interview in the New York Times Magazine, Dyson says, “If the sermon ain’t making you a little bit uncomfortable, it ain’t effective. Look, if it doesn’t cost you anything, you’re not really engaging in change: you’re engaging in convenience. I’m asking you to do stuff you wouldn’t ordinarily do. I’m asking you to think more seriously and strategically about why you possess and what you possess…..you ain’t got to ask the government, you don’t have to ask your local politician—this is what you, an individual, conscientious, ‘woke’ citizen can do.
I have read many—though surely not all—of the books Dyson recommends. I have grappled with white privilege as a mother of black children, a fighter against apartheid, a civil rights activist, a human being. I have never read anything which more cogently offers “woke whites” a path to being a part of the change. I urge you to read Tears We Cannot Stop …A Sermon to White America, and to take your place in the pantheon of people who help this country grow beyond its racist past.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Powerful and especially so read aloud by the author.
Format: Audio CD
Hearing this powerful book read by Dr Tyson made it doubly understandable and enlightening. I needed to hear the experience, hurt and anger expressed so incredibly honestly and with the power of his emotion. I saw the CDs here at a reasonable price and I am so much more aware hearing rather than reading this book. Dr Tyson teaches powerful historic and current systemic racial experience such as every white person will do well to encounter. If you want to learn more than you already know, listen to these CDs on Black experience from Dr Tyson. Could be disturbing to anyone who does not want to learn the truth he teaches. It’s so packed with truth I will listen to it more than once more. Thank you, Dr Tyson.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2025
★★★★★ 5
brilliant, painful
Format: Hardcover
Timely, provocative, brilliant, painful, and, ultimately, a very necessary step toward authentic national healing and transformation. As a white, long-time fellow traveler, I am so grateful that Dr. Dyson has answered his calling to lead us toward redemptive justice with truth, decency and love--albeit, at times, necessary tough love. I am in my third read already and learning more and more each time.
Dyson's sermon serves as an exceptional read for believer and non-believer alike as it offers a framework and lexicon for us to engage with one another as we work our way through ongoing racially turbulent and polarized times. I am not a critic by trade so I will leave the professional analysis to the experts. I am a K-12 educator and seeker of social justice. I found this work both accessible and challenging in the best of ways. In my daily work, the evidence of the invention of whiteness, white innocence and white fragility and their pernicious impacts are ubiquitously abundant such that Dyson’s claims simply cannot be denied.
Dyson’s sermon is not always a comfortable read. That’s the point. It is a workout for the soul and psyche that results in the growing pains necessary for personal and collective liberation.
Thank you, Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, for opening your head and heart so broadly and deeply there is room enough for all of us in this racial healing process. The writing of this book is the ultimate act of truth and forgiveness. You have entrusted us with your most profound insights, personal experiences, and extend a vulnerability that humbles and arrests me. As you shared in a recent interview, "your trust in us grows out of forgiveness and the demand for truth for which is stands on, and the love it seeks to extend". Amen! I am in!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2017
★★★★★ 4
GOOD BOOK FOR ALL OF AMERICA TO READ
Format: Hardcover
A MUST READING FOR ALL OF WHITE AMERICA! A HELPFUL BRIDGE TO UNDERSTANDING THE CHASM IN RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. WRITTEN IN A MANNER AND FORMAT MOST PEOPLE CAN ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT ONE WHO LIKES TO BE "PREACHED TO" BUT THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY AN EXCEPTION. I AM A PERSON OF COLOR AND I WILL DEFINITELY SHARE THIS WITH MY WHITE FRIENDS WHO SOMETIMES UNFAIRLY GET A BAD RAP FOR BEING WHITE.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017