Aglaonema Super White
📖 About this plant
Aglaonema Super White is a spectacular variety that pushes the boundaries of white variegation. Its leaves are predominantly white (often 70-80%) with just green speckling and thin green margins — creating an almost entirely white plant that appears luminescent in good lighting. The effect is breathtaking, resembling a living sculpture of pure white foliage with delicate green accents. Because so much of the leaf lacks chlorophyll, this variety grows more slowly and needs more light than other Aglaonemas. It’s a prized collector’s plant that makes an unforgettable statement piece in any room. The almost-white foliage creates a clean, modern, ethereal aesthetic that’s impossible to ignore.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Bright Indirect Light
When top 2-3 cm of soil is dry
50-70%
18-29°C (65-85°F)
Well-draining potting mix with extra perlite, peat moss, and pine bark
Balanced liquid fertilizer every 4-6 weeks during growing season — dilute to half strength
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Thailand — hybrid cultivar bred for maximum white variegation
- 📏 Max height
- 30-60 cm (1-2 ft)
- 📐 Spread
- 30-45 cm (1-1.5 ft)
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Occasionally in summer — rare indoors
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White to pale green spathe
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Predominantly white leaves with green speckling and green margins — often 70-80% white
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (3-7 years indoors)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, and difficulty swallowing
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings in water or moist sphagnum moss; division; roots in 3-5 weeks. Slower to root than green varieties
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, and difficulty swallowing
Common issues
- White leaves burning easily in direct sunlight, reverting to green in low light, very slow growth, crispy white areas from low humidity, yellowing from overwatering, mealybugs more problematic due to weaker plant vigor, shorter lifespan than green varieties
💡 Care tips
- Requires bright indirect light for 8+ hours daily to maintain heavy white variegation — grow lights help in winter. Avoid ALL direct sunlight — white leaf areas burn within minutes. Keep humidity above 50% to prevent crispy white edges. Water less frequently than green Aglaonemas since fewer leaves means less transpiration. This is a slow grower — do not over-fertilize trying to speed it up. The heavy white variegation means a shorter overall lifespan. Treat it as a premium collector plant deserving extra attention.
