After reading this article you can identify Philodendron house plants and you will get familiar with 36 varieties of Philodendron by their names, images and tools.
Philodendron is very popular among people but due to having a lot of varieties, most people ask us “How can I tell what kind of philodendron I have? Hence, we decide to help you to identify philodendron types.
In the first part of this article, we will show you a broad collection of images and names of Philodendron varieties that you can scroll through and identify your philodendron plant.
In the second part, we will show you how to identify your indoor plant with one of the best plant identification tools. So, keep reading.
If you are thinking about how to identify philodendron houseplant pictures. In this part you can find a philodendron species list from rare philodendron varieties to common ones. You can compare your plant with the following images and after that, you will find out the scientific name and common name of your plant.
To make it easy for you we divided 36 varieties of philodendron into seven groups including:
You can seek your philodendron in every group that you think may belong to it. Some varieties may be common in two or several groups.
In this part, I want to help you how to identify your Upright philodendron by its picture. In the following, I will show you the images of 8 stand and upright Philodendron varieties and you can compare your indoor plant with them.
Philodendron ‘Lemon Lime’
Scientific Name: Philodendron hederaceum Lemon
A perfect indoor plant that its yellowish-green foliage brings light to dim rooms in dark, gloomy days.
Pink Princess
Scientific Name: Philodendron erubescens
A colorful variety that also known as Red-leaf or Blushing Philodendron. It can grow up to 5 feet height.
Philodendron ‘Imperial Green’
Scientific Name: Philodendron ‘Imperial Green’
It is another upright philodendron variety with a bushy appearance that you can train it on a stalk too.
Tree Philodendron
Scientific Name: Philodendron Bipinnatifidum / Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum
It is also known as Split leaf Philodendron that can grow up to 5-10 feet and has green leaves with deep lobes.
Prince of Orange
Scientific Name: Philodendron erubescens ‘Prince of Orange’.
As mentioned in its name, this hybrid upright philodendron variety has orange hues leaves that will turn into copper and finally green.
Winterbourn Philodendron
Scientific Name: Philodendron Xanadu
Winterbourn Philodendron is an upright variety with leathery leaves that are shiny golden green hues.
Philodendron ‘Burle Marx’
Scientific Name: Philodendron ‘Burle Marx’
An upright philodendron variety that can grow up to two feet in height and width.
Green congo
Scientific Name: Philodendron ‘green congo
Silversword
Scientific Name: Philodendron domesticum
The silverswird philodendron is an upright variety with arrow-shaped glossy burgundy leaves.
Almost all Philodendron varieties are large leaf but some of them are larger than others. In the following you can find 9 large cultivars. If you have one of them, you will find its images and names below.
Philodendron maximum
Philodendron maximum
Philodendron magnum
Philodendron magnum
Philodendron gigas
Philodendron gigas
Philodendron esmeraldense
Philodendron esmeraldense
Philodendron melanochrysum
Philodendron melanochrysum
Philodendron Giganteum
Philodendron Giganteum
Philodendron patriciae
Philodendron patriciae
Philodendron sharoniae
Philodendron sharoniae
Philodendron dodsonii
Philodendron dodsonii
Split-leaf philodendron
Scientific Name: Philodendron Bipinnatifidum / Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum
This variety that mentioned earlier as a tree philodendron usually mistake with monstera indoor plants.
In the following, you can find 15 red philodendron varieties with colorful leaves or stems that make energy and life into your house. If you have one of them scroll through to find its image and name.
Black Cardinal
Scientific Name: Philodendron Black Cardinal
This variety has large dark burgundy-brown black leaves in oval-shaped.
Dark Lord
Scientific Name: Philodendron Dark Lord
Majesty
Scientific Name: Philodendron Majesty
This philodendron is one of the few dark-leaf varieties available to gardeners.
This is a hybrid variety that developed from Philodendron Sodiroi with Philodendron Verrucosum L.Mathieu ex Schott varieties. So, its leaves are a mixture of copper, and burgundy maroon that will turn dark green in maturity.
Mayoi
Scientific Name: Philodendron Mayoi
The leaves of this variety has reddish veins and petioles on underneath.
Mexicanum
Scientific Name: Philodendron Mexicanum
Its dog ears-shaped leaves are maroon-magenta on undesude.
Pink Princess
Scientific Name: Philodendron Erubescens
The leaves of this variety are pink and green.
Prince of Orange
Scientific Name: Philodendron Prince of Orange
The leaves of this variety are yellow, orange, and red.
Red Congo
Scientific Name: Philodendron Red Congo
It is also known as Rojo Congo and is popular because of its colors.
Red Emerald
Scientific Name: Philodendron Red Emerald
The stem and heart-shaped leaves of this variety are red, although the leaves will turn green in maturity.
Ring of Fire
Scientific Name: Philodendron Ring of Fire
Its new leaves are a mixture of white, cream, orange, red, and light to dark green like a ring of Fire.
Squamiferum
Scientific Name: Philodendron Squamiferum
This variety has green leaves nut its stem has fuzzy red hairs.
Subhastatum
Scientific Name: Philodendron Subhastatum
Its large glossy green leaves are red on the underside.
Verrucosum
Scientific Name: Philodendron Verrucosum
The new leaves are orange which turns to red and finally dark green hues and maroon hues underneath. Its stems are red too.
Erubescens chocolate
Scientific Name: Philodendron erubescens chocolate
This variety has narrow green leaves with red highlights on underside.
Heartleaf philodendron varieties are very popular among people. in the following you will see 13 Type of philodendrons with heart-shaped leaves.
White Knight
Scientific Name: Philodendron White Knight
Verrucosum
Sharoniae
Scientific Name: Philodendron Sharoniae
Rio
Scientific Name: Philodendron hederaceum ‘Rio’
Red Emerald
Scientific Name: Philodendron Red Emerald
Plowmanii
Scientific Name: Philodendron Plowmanii
Pastazanum
Scientific Name: Philodendron Pastazanum
Mamei
Scientific Name: Philodendron Mamei
Lemon Lime
Scientific Name: Philodendron Hederaceum Lemon Lime
Heartleaf
Scientific Name: Philodendron Hederaceum
Grazielae
Scientific Name: Philodendron Grazielae
Burle Marx
Scientific Name: Philodendron Burle Marx
Brazil
Scientific Name: Philodendron Brazil
Philodendron ‘Dark Lord’
Scientific Name: Philodendron ‘Dark Lord’
Philodendron Royal Queen
Philodendron Royal Queen
It is a royal philodendron variety whit glossy dark leaf.
If you fan of trailing plants, in the following you can see the images and names of 9 Trailing philodendron varieties.
Philodendron Micans
Philodendron Micans
Philodendron Bipennifolium
Philodendron Bipennifolium
Philodendron Pedatum
Philodendron Pedatum
Philodendron Brazil
Philodendron Brazil
Philodendron Brandtianum
Philodendron Brandtianum
Heartleaf Philodendron
Scientific name: Philodendron cordatum, Philodendron oxycardium, or Philodendron scandens
Philodendron SilverSword
Philodendron SilverSword
Philodendron Mayoi
Philodendron Mayoi
Philodendron Hastatum
Philodendron Hastatum
If you couldn’t find your indoor plant in the above list don’t worry about it. in the following, we will help you to identify your indoor Philodendron plant by one of the best house plant identification tools: House plant identifier.
It is a free online tool with a broad collection of millions of images of about 14,000 plant species.
Working with it is very easy and you can identify your plant by taking an online picture or uploading its image from your gallery.
It only takes 2 seconds to the “House plant identifier” identify your indoor plant with 91% accuracy.
This tool not only identifies house plants but can also identify trees, flowers, wild plants, ornamentals, etc. It also detects plant diseases too.
I strongly suggest searching its name on Google or clicking here and enjoying it.
In this article, you found out how to identify philodendron varieties of houseplants by their images and tool. We showed you the images and names of 36 Philodendron types, did you find your indoor plant among them? what was its name?
In addition, we touched you how to get help from one of the best online tools to identify your plants: the “House plant identifier”. Have you ever experienced it?
Do you know other varieties of Philodendron that we don’t mention above? Please share your experience and knowledge with our readers below this page.
Hi, I’m Elaheh. My Academic major is plant protection, and houseplants are my expertise. As a houseplant lover, my house is full of indoor plants and it is my passion to take care of them. Hence, I’m here to share my knowledge and experience about growing healthy houseplants. I am also a plant protection advisor, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have.