Question about species of plant. I bought it at Home Depot under the tag “assorted tropical” at first I assumed it was a philodendron cherry red. As all new leaves were bright red and older were green. Then the red turned burgundy, so I thought it was sun red. Then they turned basically black so maybe black cardinal??! I really need help.
hmm.. after tremendous research, I have decided that this is a red plant! Like not this red-♥️ but THIS red- ❤️. Also I think it’s HALLOWEEEEEEENNNB
5 Me gustaMaybe Congo rojo?
2 Me gustaI think Congo rojo is a good possibility. It could also be black cardinal which has darker leaves than the Congo rojo.
2 Me gustaI’ve sorta ruled out rojo Congo as it doesn’t have the same leaf shape or stem shape. Also the transition from the red to almost blackish brown took around 2-3 months whereas the rojo Congo takes much shorter usually.I appreciate the suggestion though!
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Royal Queen, Bloody Mary or Imperial Red
1 me gustaI also put a picture of what the plants new red leaves look like before they turn dark!
1 me gustaI should also provide a picture of the plants fresh red leaves.
What about the petioles? Can you show a pic of them close up?
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How about Red Sun. What do you think of that?
0 Me gustaI noticed the red from the sun red philodendron is a lot more warm/oranigish, whereas this one has kinda all been more ruby/purplish
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Looking good though I got one as a gift it was over watered so I had to repot it while it did it broke into two plants . Now I have two of them . They aren’t that happy yet I am learning about this plant it’s seems it might be a bit dramatic lol at least mine yours looks great
0 Me gusta I think it’s a black cardinal. I only have a variegated one but here are pics of my imperial red and royal queen
And here’s my Bloody Mary and red sun
I’m sorry but I had to find this post to share. Watering my Imperial Red baby today I’m convinced this is what your baby is. 💚💚
