Rhaphidophora hayi
Rhaphidophora hayi
Also called Hayi, Shingling rhaphidophora and Shingle plant (rhaphidophora)
Houseplant · AroidsIT MUST HAVE SOMETHING FLAT TO CLIMB — a board, a slab of cork, a plank. Given a moss pole it sulks; given nothing it stops growing altogether. The leaves lie flat against the surface like roof tiles, which is the whole point of it.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 6 daysKeep it moist — water at the first hint of dryness — don't wait for a dry pot.
- Light
- Medium to bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 30 days
- Humidity
- High
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 1.2 m tall · 0.4 m across
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Origin
- New Guinea and Australia
Is it safe for pets and people?
No animal-poison authority lists this plant either way. Monstera dubia is also sold as "shingle plant" and is a different genus. The two look alike as juveniles, and one is not a guide to the other.
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
Neither authority names Rhaphidophora — the generic rhaphidophora row in this file records the same absence. That is not a clean bill, and every aroid in this bank that IS named is toxic.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-09-22. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- A plant that stops growing when moved onto a round pole. It shingles against FLAT surfaces — a board or a slab of cork — and will not climb a cylinder.Given a moss pole · disorder
- New leaves held away on visible stalks instead of pressed flat. It is not getting enough contact or humidity at the board; damp the surface and pin the stem against it.Leaves standing off the support · disorder