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philodendron ring if fire Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' – Foliage FactoryPhilodendron 'Ring of Fire' Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' is a variegated Philodendron with long, narrow leaves, deeply serrated margins and shifting colour in green, cream, yellow and warm orange tones. Its leaves are irregular by nature: some show fine speckling, others carry broader pale or orange sections, and the toothed edges give the plant its sharp outline. The plant was originally known as Hendersons Pride and is associated with Keith
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire'
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' is a variegated Philodendron with long, narrow leaves, deeply serrated margins and shifting colour in green, cream, yellow and warm orange tones. Its leaves are irregular by nature: some show fine speckling, others carry broader pale or orange sections, and the toothed edges give the plant its sharp outline.
The plant was originally known as Henderson’s Pride and is associated with Keith Henderson. The later trade name Ring of Fire became the name most widely used in cultivation.
Serrated variegated leaves
- Leaf margins: Long leaves develop strongly toothed edges, giving the plant a narrow, jagged shape.
- Variegation: Cream, yellow, green and orange tones can appear as speckles, sectors or marbled areas.
- Growth pace: Growth is slow, with each new leaf adding a different balance of colour and edge shape.
- Background: Originally Henderson’s Pride, later widely grown under the trade name Philodendron 'Ring of Fire'.
Colour and leaf shape over time
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' changes most through leaf pattern and margin shape. The narrow blades can look very different from one leaf to the next, with some showing stronger serration and others carrying more cream or orange. Healthy plants can show this variation across successive leaves.
The plant grows best when the root zone stays airy and the stem base dries slightly between waterings. Keep firm, functioning leaves even if they are less colourful than the newest growth, and remove only leaves that are fully damaged or declining.
Care for serrated variegated growth
- Light: Give bright indirect light. Harsh midday sun can scorch pale leaf sections, while very low light slows growth further.
- Watering: Water when the upper 3–5 cm of substrate is dry. Keep moisture even, but avoid a wet stem base in cool conditions.
- Substrate: Use a chunky aroid mix with bark, perlite or pumice, coco chips and a small moisture-holding fraction. The roots need oxygen as much as moisture.
- Humidity: Moderate to high humidity supports smoother expansion while the narrow leaves are unfurling.
- Temperature: Keep around 20–27 °C for active growth. Avoid cold drafts and cold, wet substrate.
- Feeding: Feed lightly during active growth. Strong fertiliser can damage roots or pale leaf margins.
- Support: Add a slim support only if the stem begins to lean. Young plants usually need stable potting more than a large pole.
- Pruning: Remove fully damaged leaves only when necessary. Avoid cutting firm leaves just to change the colour balance of the plant.
Leaf and root problems to catch early
- Brown patches on pale sections: Check for direct sun, low humidity or dry root stress. Move to filtered light and stabilise watering.
- Yellowing leaves: Check the root ball and stem base for excess moisture. Improve drainage and let the upper substrate dry before watering.
- Deformed new leaves: Look for thrips, low humidity or inconsistent watering while the leaf is still folded.
- Growth has stopped completely: Check temperature, light and root health before increasing fertiliser.
- Soft stem base: Unpot and inspect roots if the stem feels unstable or the lower petioles collapse. Wet, compacted substrate is a common trigger.
Pet safety for Philodendron 'Ring of Fire'
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' should be kept away from pets and children. Like other Philodendron, it can contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals that irritate the mouth and digestive tract if ingested. Wear gloves when cutting if your skin reacts to aroid sap.
Henderson’s Pride background
Philodendron is an Araceae genus whose name is derived from Greek roots meaning “love” and “tree”. Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' was originally known as Henderson’s Pride and is associated with Keith Henderson. The Ring of Fire name later became established in the plant trade.
Philodendron 'Ring of Fire' develops serrated foliage, shifting variegation and a narrow jagged leaf shape.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great read!
Format: Kindle
In addition to being an engaging lecturer, Stoermer writes beautifully! “Again and again, people confronted the distance between the compact as advertised and authority as exercised.” Gorgeous prose and achingly painful history.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2026
★★★★★ 3
No Index or footnotes
Format: Paperback
I have been following Prof Stoermer’s videos preceding this book and pre-ordered it on that basis. I to read it but am a bit disappointed and disturbed that there is nothing by way of an index or footnotes, and no reference I can find that they are available elsewhere. My 3 therefore, has nothing to do with the substance and will update this review after I read it. But I don’t understand the absence of such material.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Every american should be encouraged to read this text
Format: Kindle
This book had a profound impact on me. It has changed how I view all political discussions, history discussions, policy discussions, and race discussions. As a Hispanic Caucasian, I was acutely unaware of much of America's racist history. I knew the obvious examples, but this book really shows how extensive the racism is and its profound effects that are still heavily in effect today.
Kendi's thesis is short and simple: racist ideas were created to justify racist policies. This is counter to the common argument that ignorance and racism spurs racist policies. Kendi lays out his main thesis at the beginning of the book and follows it up with example after example to back it up. Keeping the thesis and definition of racism simple really helps emphasize Kendi's point throughout the book.
This book is also thorough; so much history is covered by this book. I spent a lot of time looking up some historical events or figures in more detail on Wikipedia to get a fuller picture. If you are unfamiliar with American history, then expect to move very slowly through the text as you look everything up for proper context.
I absolutely love this book and strongly encourage everyone to read it. However, I do have a few gripes with it:
- Kendi often misled me with his wording or juxtaposition of statements. I understand he is trying to make a statement, but I wish he wouldn't do this. One example that comes to mind is Roosevelt's naming of the White House. Kendi makes it seem like Roosevelt named it the White House after the public uproar over his invitation of Booker T. Washington over for dinner. However, there doesn't appear to be any evidence to support this, and there is some indication the White House was already referred to by that name well before the dinner. To Kendi's credit, he doesn't explicitly say the naming was done to appease the public, he just points out that it happened and people were still upset. Another example is his mention of black unemployment rates rising sharply in the early 1980s. This is true, but all unemployment rates rose during that time due to the recession. Yes, the black unemployment rate was worse, but he doesn't make that point: he only mentions the black unemployment rates. So as a reader you have to be careful of the facts you internalize from the book.
- The organization of the book didn't really do anything for me. He tries to break down the text into 4 main sections, each focusing on a different historical figure. However, the focus on the figures didn't really contribute much, in my opinion, to his thesis. It brought some organization to his book, but not much. I would have preferred he spent more of the book going into details of some of the more significant policies or events than to keep looping the historical figure back in.
- Text can read a bit haphazardly at times. There are certain sections of the book where I feel Kendi is jumping around history pretty quickly to different events and it becomes difficult for me to follow. Eventually he gets around to making a point, but it usually takes too long for me to fully grasp it at the moment. I have to often re-read these sections a second time to really get it.
Again, please buy this book and read it. We would all be better off to know this history and the racist policies behind it.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2018
★★★★★ 5
A very painful but highly illuminating must-read on how racism took root and persists in the US
Format: Kindle
About halfway through reading this book, I realized I was highlighting almost every single page and had to start color-coding my highlights so as to make a little more sense of why certain passages struck me—a visual testimony of how illuminating Stamped from the Beginning is. With a primary focus on racism toward African-Americans and people identified as Black, this book is a thoroughly researched, sweepingly comprehensive survey of racism from its first traceable roots in ancient Greece when Aristotle said Africans had “burnt faces” to the start of the African slave trade in 15th century Europe, to the first recorded slave ship arriving in colonial America in 1619, all the way through the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws, the 1960s Civil Rights movement, and up to the present day. In order to help readers navigate this extensive timeline, author Ibram X. Kendi divides the book into five parts, featuring one historical figure as a sort of tour guide or anchor for each part.
Very few individuals or institutions mentioned in this book come off as completely free of racist thinking; even many abolitionists and civil rights activists are revealed to have held racist ideas that contradicted their cause. This made me realize the extent to which racism has ensnared the United States in its pernicious roots. In Stamped from the Beginning, Kendi presents two main ideas about racism that helped me understand its influence and progress over the centuries. First, he explains that “Hate and ignorance have not driven the history of racist ideas in America. Racist policies have driven the history of racist ideas in America.” The author admits, “I was taught the popular folktale of racism: that ignorant and hateful people had produced racist ideas, and that these racist people had instituted racist policies. But when I learned the motives behind the production of many of America’s most influentially racist ideas, it became quite obvious that this folktale, though sensible, was not based on a firm footing of historical evidence.” As Kendi explains further, “Racially discriminatory policies have usually sprung from economic, political, and cultural self-interests, self-interests that are constantly changing.” Now that I understand self-interest—not hate or ignorance—has been the driving factor behind racist policies, I can better understand why racism hasn’t died out with the Emancipation Proclamation or desegregation or any of the Civil Rights Acts passed in this country. Tragically, racism persists and continues to evolve according to the current self-interests of people and institutions in power. It’s why, after slavery was abolished, segregation and the Jim Crow laws rushed in to replace it, and long after segregation has been outlawed, African-Americans continue to be oppressed by disproportionate mass incarceration as well as disadvantaged by fewer, inferior housing and employment opportunities.
Second, Kendi points out that racism is not simply a debate between those who support racist ideas and those who oppose racist ideas. Throughout history, three–not two–viewpoints on racism have persisted: “A group we can call segregationists has blamed Black people themselves for the racial disparities. A group we can call antiracists has pointed to racial discrimination. A group we can call assimilationists has tried to argue for both, saying that Black people and racial discrimination were to blame for racial disparities.” As much as I would like to believe I am firmly in the antiracist camp, reading this book made me realize I have held a lot of racist ideas from an assimilationist viewpoint that I need to correct. Kendi gives many examples of well-meaning civil rights activists, including some African-Americans, who upheld assimilationist ideas. Some persisted with these ideas their entire lives, others realized their error and later self-corrected to an antiracist viewpoint, and still others upheld both antiracist and assimilationist ideas, often not realizing the contradiction. Thus, a tragic pattern that has repeated itself throughout American history is the persistence of many assimilationists in seeking to abolish racist policies and ideas with the same flawed strategies that never work.
Indeed, the African-American author admits, “Even though I am an African studies historian and have been tutored all my life in egalitarian spaces, I held racist notions of Black inferiority before researching and writing this book.” I think it’s crucially important that Kendi tells readers about his mistaken notions of race—not to make readers feel better about their own ignorance, but to demonstrate how deeply racist ideas have taken root in American culture. Hopefully this admission on the author’s part will ease readers out of their defensive mode and open their minds to the disturbing truth that racism is a lot more pervasive among us Americans than we would like to believe.
If you want to understand exactly how racism took root in the United States and why it has persisted through the present day, if you are prepared for a very sobering, very painful, and often highly disturbing look at the many flaws, hypocrisies, and atrocities in the American notions of democracy, exceptionalism, and “liberty and justice for all,” then Stamped from the Beginning is a must-read. Ultimately, what the author conveys with copious examples is that “Black Americans’ history of oppression has made Black opportunities—not Black people—inferior.” An absolutely necessary emendation to the traditionally accepted canon of American history.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017