I don't know but just stopping in to say that I like weird looking plants like that (don't wish to insult your plant but it is slightly wild looking). Like it whatever it is.

Susan

Hi Susan,

Yep, it is wild looking, lol.

When I first purchased it, I didn't think it'd get any larger than 10" considering the nursery specialized in small, terrarium plants.

Now that it's older, it looks like it's forming a trunk.

It might look neater if potted and re-pruned.

Hopefully, someone will be able to ID.

I'd post on the ARoid Forum, but very few people go there. lol.

Toni, your Mr. Mystery Phil looks just like my failure-to-thrive P. erubescens, only green. However, remembering what it looked like when I bought it (before numerous winters in a cold, dim, PNW cabin), I have a difficult time imagining it sold as a terrarium plant! Does it have a strong odor when you prune it?

I don't know what to do to turn it around... maybe another summer outdoors will help... what have you tried with that particular Phil?

GB

Toni: I see that the black jungle website is still up. email the pic to them for ID.

Susan

Hi Gravy,

You think my Mystery Philo looks like P. erubescens?
I thought Erubescens had reddish, 5"+ leaves???

Why do you say your Philo was a failure to thrive?

Why do you have a difficult time imagining Mystery Philo as a terrarium plant?

No, never noticed a scent when clipped. Especially a bad odor.

Gravy, to be honest, I haven't done much w/this Philo.
Mystery was originally in soil. After some time passed, it didn't do well. I assumed it needed more humidity so placed in a terrarium. A couple wks later leaves looked like they had mites, thought the heck with it, so it went in water.

Leaves were always small, 'under 1"', silvery-green. The other day while browsing Philos, I noticed some foliage had grown 2-3 times larger.

After all these years...............??

I don't know how to shape it. Now that it's grown, what looks like bark, 'in the water,' I'm really baffled.

I'm going to write to BJ where it was purchased..by some miracle, one of the two owners might recall its type.

Anyway, what's going on w/your Philo? Toni

It may reshape its self after a repot. LOL!!!

what ever it may be, it is very intresting! Good luck with it. :)

Susan, I went to Black Jungle, but can't find an email address..

Susan, I don't plan on repotting. It's been in water so long, it's staying there..lol.

I spent an hour last night looking at different Philos. There's one called P. Wend Imbe. It 'might' be my Mystery Philo. Not certain.

Marj, thanks.
Recently, I've been adding tags to new and old plants. I keep journals. In each yearly journal I write down, name of plant, where and date purchased.
Problem is years of old journals were in the basement. We had a flood, and they were ruined.
But my goal is to tag every plant..if possible..lol