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Posted 1M ago by @lynnluvsplants

little update on my philodendron, i have figured he is a ...

little update on my philodendron, i have figured he is a crawling/ creeping plant. before i repotted him, he was indeed crawling i just didn’t know what he was doing! i took down his stake and he is doing MUCH better @jkdykes
you can tell if a plant is a crawler based off of stem growth. if you notice, my main stem goes over my pot just to dip lower. creepers take over obstacles to grow. gotta get him a horizontal pot now lol
White Princess
White Princess
Philodendron 'White Princess'
1ft to light, direct
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
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Jeremy
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1M ago
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Im glad its doing better. For some reason, I am almost positive I read white princesses were climbers. I'm glad you figured out. I got a cute rectangular planter from Amazon. They had bunch of different options.
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Lynn
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1M ago
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@jkdykes after looking into it, they do it all!! i think it depends on the varientals, but i watched a creator say that one of her philodendrons creeps and said the signs, matched exactly what my plant was doing! thanks for the planter rec, def will get one asap
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Jeremy
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1M ago
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Hm, I'll have to look into that. I have a philo thats really weak stemmed, so I wonder if that is a crawler variety? Thanks for the info!
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Lynn
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1M ago
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@jkdykes little update, got a new white princess and she’s doing the same thing!!! all of her roots are reaching down as she grows more :)
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Jeremy
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1M ago
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I asked the owner of a nursery / plant store I frequent yesterday about it, and she said that when a climber starts showing crawling behavior it usually has to do with something in its environment like lighting and the plant is trying to reach it.

I looked at it only and it was all so very vague. Either way, as long as our plants are happy, they can be whichever type that want. Lol
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Lynn
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1M ago
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@jkdykes ah, okay! that does make a lot of sense. i think for mine, they get a lot of light and everything and have HUGE leaves from crawling, so i just let them do their thing lol. it’s their world, im just watering them in it lol