--- title: "Can someone please help identify this plant? It was left to me and I…" description: "Can someone please help identify this plant? It was left to me and I just want to know how to best take care of it as it seems to have had a rough life so far!" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/ZpCUTzE8fzQZFZaQywYiPa" community: "Plant Identification" author: "Zack R" published: "2025-02-06T14:21:13.526639Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/CGIOIUJAmh3BuHTAK8lWjTgZUUPQ1hM3d1soCrqiU2M/WCAtf1s9RQ6SfIAjHYLlsA.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Plant Identification](https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA.md) # Can someone please help identify this plant? It was left to me and I… _Posted by Zack R on 2025-02-06_ Can someone please help identify this plant? It was left to me and I just want to know how to best take care of it as it seems to have had a rough life so far! ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/CGIOIUJAmh3BuHTAK8lWjTgZUUPQ1hM3d1soCrqiU2M/WCAtf1s9RQ6SfIAjHYLlsA.webp?size=large) ## 13 comments ### Bebe🌵🤍 commented on 2025-02-06 It’s definitely seen better days lol. I can’t say for certain, but it looks like it could be a Monstera Albo, or possibly a different type of variegated Monstera. My albo is much smaller but it looks almost identical with the variegation and coloring on the stem, but again, don’t quote me on that. Since it is variegated, the white parts of the leaves tend to brown over time. Since it’s likely a tropical plant, humidity is going to be your best friend, fertilizer, lots of light/grow lights, well draining soil (I have mine in leca), and thorough waterings when the top soil is dry (around 3 inches!) Remember consistency is key with any variegated tropical plant! ### Alyssa commented on 2025-02-06 Agree with Bebe, also, with how this plant is right now, I’d recommend a chop. Put the pieces without leaves in a little Tupperware box filled with damp non dyed spagnum moss and put the lid on and put it in a sunny area. Put the piece with leaves in a small pot/cup with damp non dyed spagnum moss, and keep it moist and in good lighting till it starts to grow roots. Also, at this time you could put it on a tiny moss pole within the pot, so that the aerial roots by the leaves can start making the plant climb and size up as well. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/QbQ6gS3upC_K7i8CKu5vpGZXfwIiYz7vqo1_foYvM4g/14uTPR3cRYyY4ZFRT5M3kg.webp?size=large) #### Bebe🌵🤍 replied on 2025-02-06 This too! You’ll end up with so many Albos, you’ll make a fortune lmfao I’ll never understand why they’re so expensive #### Alyssa replied on 2025-02-06 Right?! lol, who knows, variegation is such a seller these days. Although I remember reading somewhere, can’t remember if it was albo or Thai con (this one might even be a Thai con), but that one of those plants was born out of tissue culture to get the unique variegation and the “mother plant’s DNA” that they used apparently had a fungal infection at the time that mutated via epigentics enough to transfer over to all of its offspring. So any of those specific plants that you get, will always be more prone to that infection problem 😬so maybe that’s why they are still so expensive because most people probably lose them to fungal issues before they can prop and sell #### Bebe🌵🤍 replied on 2025-02-06 Are you talking about tissue cultures? That’s wild that we’re paying for failed tissue cultures because the variegation is unsustainable lmfaooo ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EKbKISFhrkptGCozrTPTuD0vgyW2Myf0SIis-60LlxE/s9RyOoNDRbuHWL9Esv-LTA.webp?size=large) #### Alyssa replied on 2025-02-06 Yep! The tissue culture was flawed with a fungal infection so now you got an unsustainable variegation and a fungal infection susceptible plant, lmao that’s Kermit meme is so true 🤣😂🤣 ### Zack R commented on 2025-02-06 Thanks you guys! This helps a lot 😊 definitely going to work on it! #### Bebe🌵🤍 replied on 2025-02-06 If you are going to chop it, I 100% recommend rooting hormone! This is the one I use ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EKbKISFhrkptGCozrTPTuD0vgyW2Myf0SIis-60LlxE/kJ3ygvqNQ_2LBpCjaoh1DA.webp?size=large) ### Plantgirly commented on 2025-02-07 Hey there! This is actually a philodendron. I suspect a white wizard? But definitely not a monstera sorry guys! ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/BCFv2fNOZfkEegHleV3UFQ2Qu3M8YK-tr3KwM3SvWy0/ZVprT5U2TuG1VvfgyWaQ0A.webp?size=large) ### Plantgirly commented on 2025-02-07 The only thing I have to add is that silica in your water will help with the browning white spots you can get it on Amazon. And to look up philodendron propagation methods on YouTube! It will help you feel more confident! ### Plantgirly commented on 2025-02-07 Good luck! ### Molly commented on 2025-02-07 This looks like a white wizard philodendron. Mine likes bright indirect light, water when top 1-2" are dry, I do add silica and fertilize with every other watering. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bp0TknceUYi5cxwj1O4Urg1E4yMaRHVMDhEV05aM4JA/xstHThkKQJO4YtPxzw6DNw.webp?size=large) ### Zack R commented on 2025-02-07 I’m at my plant shop now actually for a second opinion and the consensus is also philodendron! 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