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title: "Does my Frank (Florida Philodendron) need supports for stems… if so,…"
description: "Does my Frank (Florida Philodendron) need supports for stems… if so, what kind do you use? Or does this plant like being spread out? 🧐"
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community: "Equipment & Materials"
author: "Plant Newbie"
published: "2025-09-30T20:58:25.244383Z"
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# Does my Frank (Florida Philodendron) need supports for stems… if so,…

_Posted by Plant Newbie on 2025-09-30_

Does my Frank (Florida Philodendron) need supports for stems… if so, what kind do you use? Or does this plant like being spread out? 🧐

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## 6 comments

### Waspinator commented on 2025-09-30

Florida is a climbing type. My mom's florida green uses basic moss poles, but you can get as fancy with them as you like. These grow weirdly fast, as in "I'm considering racing it against bamboo" fast, so you might want to pick up a longer moss pole or a few extra stackable ones

#### Plant Newbie replied on 2025-09-30

Thank you for the advice!!

### Chloe commented on 2025-10-01

Once the stem gets taller I’d give it some kind of support! My florida ghost (basically reverted to green now that it’s bigger 🥲) grew so quickly and got huge leaves with a moss pole!

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#### Plant Newbie replied on 2025-10-01

Still is gorgeous! Can’t wait for mine to get tall. I am a first time Florida Philodendron owner, didn’t know what I was getting into. But I can’t wait! 🪴

#### Waspinator replied on 2025-10-01

Increasing the light it gets can help bring the variegation back out :)

#### Chloe replied on 2025-10-01

Thankyou! I’ve recently moved it into a much brighter spot and the newest leaf is a lot lighter!

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