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title: "What kind of plant is this? Philodendron? Rhaphidophora?"
description: "What kind of plant is this? Philodendron? Rhaphidophora?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Erin 🥀"
published: "2023-07-01T21:23:54.914Z"
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# What kind of plant is this? Philodendron? Rhaphidophora?

_Posted by Erin 🥀 on 2023-07-01_

What kind of plant is this? Philodendron? Rhaphidophora?

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## 3 comments

### Ana commented on 2023-07-01

Philodendron and Rhaphidaphora are two separate genera.  
This does look like a young Rhaphidaphora Decursiva, and I say young because it hasn’t fenestrated yet.

### Ana commented on 2023-07-01

Very pretty btw 😊

### whelf commented on 2023-07-02

Yes it looks like my rhaphidophora dragons tail

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