Climbing plants typically have stems that grow upwards, while crawling plants will grow horizontally. You can also look for features like tendrils which help plants attach themselves to supports.
Long floppy stems are generally climbers as their stems require support.
Greedy-Direction4797
What type of philodendron is that?
sentient-seeker
It’s neither, it’s just a regular old upright growing plant
DryEnd4739
If you know what type of Philo it is. Might help to make a post for plant ID
missbeauti94
If the plant is a climber then it will just grow straight up when you have it on a trellis or a plant stake. If it is a crawler then the stem will kind of bend like it wants to crawl across the ground or whatever pot you have it in.
GEMlNl_
philodendrons don’t have to be one or the other. these kinds i’ve heard referred to as “self heading” which doesn’t rly make sense to me. but p. birkin, ring of fire, prince of orange etc. all have this same growth habit. they don’t NEED something to climb because their internodal spacing is so small. but i’ve seen sydneyplantguy put his RoF on a moss pole, so up to you!
tldr: it doesn’t need to climb, but it will.
Admirable_Horse_6072
This is a selfheading type! Tortum, ring of fire, and golden crocodile are other good examples
orangeombre
Yep as others have said it’s definitely a moonlight philodendron which is self-heading. I love mine and it keeps on putting out leaves all of the time!
b3amergirl_
hi. so there’s three types / forms, and you can tell based on node spacing and growth habit. there’s crawlers, climbers and self heading philodendron. this one is self heading. hope that helps.
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Climbing plants typically have stems that grow upwards, while crawling plants will grow horizontally. You can also look for features like tendrils which help plants attach themselves to supports.
Long floppy stems are generally climbers as their stems require support.
What type of philodendron is that?
It’s neither, it’s just a regular old upright growing plant
If you know what type of Philo it is. Might help to make a post for plant ID
If the plant is a climber then it will just grow straight up when you have it on a trellis or a plant stake. If it is a crawler then the stem will kind of bend like it wants to crawl across the ground or whatever pot you have it in.
philodendrons don’t have to be one or the other. these kinds i’ve heard referred to as “self heading” which doesn’t rly make sense to me. but p. birkin, ring of fire, prince of orange etc. all have this same growth habit. they don’t NEED something to climb because their internodal spacing is so small. but i’ve seen sydneyplantguy put his RoF on a moss pole, so up to you!
tldr: it doesn’t need to climb, but it will.
This is a selfheading type! Tortum, ring of fire, and golden crocodile are other good examples
Yep as others have said it’s definitely a moonlight philodendron which is self-heading. I love mine and it keeps on putting out leaves all of the time!
hi. so there’s three types / forms, and you can tell based on node spacing and growth habit. there’s crawlers, climbers and self heading philodendron. this one is self heading. hope that helps.