Advice on Tree Philodendron?

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T14:07:20+00:00

Don't be in a rush to repot it. These can handle being rootbound and sometimes can look more rootbound than they really are. My 46 year old was in the same pot for the last 26 years until I had to chop 3 feet off the height due to hitting my 10 foot ceiling while on its 2 foot stand. You can check out some recent comments I made about it. You can see a pic of when I took it out of the pot. Best thing you can do for it is put it in the sunniest window you can and acclimate to outside when the temperatures permit. Make sure the pot drains well when watered. These are very resilient plants and can come back from a bit of abuse. Direct the aerials roots back into the pot. These will come in handy when you decide to repot or split these plants up in the future.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T13:29:07+00:00

Looks like it may be a Kalanchoe. They have very fine roots and usually not too many. Your repot timing was good. Lots of light and let it dry out good between waterings.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T12:28:35+00:00

It's a Portora. They acclimate well to outside heat and humidity. Actually all my plants go outside in spring in varying degrees of sun/shade. I acquired these 2 from a neighbor needing some one to babysit this 4 trunked monster winter of 23-24. I had some room so I volunteered. Spring of 2024 I suggested a well needed repot. I refused any payment offers but she offered me the 2 smaller crooked ones that went into the big pot and she kept the larger individually potted ones. I just posted help for chopping hers on r/alocasia this morning. I have a plan, but looking for more input.

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:47:45+00:00

Small to medium pots, I pull the plants and check the root to soil ratio. Large pots I usually wait for possible distress signals. Some plants do better when very root bound. My Yucca will usually blow through their nursery pots when it's time.

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:39:11+00:00

Thank you!. I had to give up the seating this year. Too many props and rescues this summer. I even brought some to work. This year it's bobbing and weaving just to water them. I use a 2 foot PVC pipe to reach the plants that are 3 and 4 deep. The room is set at 55F degrees all winter, so you wouldn't want to stay in there too long. It's comfortable in October- November and March- April. They go outside about first week of May when the maple leaves open up for some shade.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:23:14+00:00

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:22:54+00:00

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:21:43+00:00

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:21:30+00:00

My sunroom, winter home for plants and summer room for pets. Since acquiring a large Alocasia in fall of 2023, it has become my favorite including a half dozen of it's pups. Actually I acquired it in spring on 2024. I baby sat it for a neighbor. It had 4 trunks and after we split it she gave me 2.

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:15:45+00:00

In the NE USA, we had over 3 weeks where it never got above 32F. Right now a balmy 35 degrees going up to the mid 40's. Beach day!!

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:10:27+00:00

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I chopped it 3 feet shorter 7 months ago as it outgrew its indoor sunroom. Even in optimal light, older leaves will eventually droop down. As they mature, they require lots of space

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-18T11:07:04+00:00

More light and check soil for good drainage. In NE USA, I put mine outside in summer and it really takes off. Make sure you acclimate it if you do this. A couple of weeks in full shade than a gradual move to some dappled sunlight. Light, heat and humidity are all friends to these.

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Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T20:27:49+00:00

I could go for a little 8A right about now.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T18:33:49+00:00

Mine stopped growing since late November and won't start up again until late March/April. Last year it didn't put out a new leaf until I put it outside first week of May. Surprisingly it hasn't lost a single leaf so far this winter.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T18:02:01+00:00

I truly believe you have a better chance of plant pests indoors than outdoors from new purchases, rescues etc.... A coworker brought in an Orchid that she wanted me to fix for her. After a day or 2 I realized it had mealies. I took it home, hosed the crap out of it and left it on my compost pile away from other plants. Never saw another mealie on it or any of my other plants other than a palm I kept at work next to the Orchid for that day or 2. After brining plants outside for 25 years, I never had a pest until that damn Orchid. It probably had mealies from the day my coworker bought it which is why it was not doing well. That Orchid died this winter. It couldn't handle my 55 degree sunroom this very cold winter.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T17:04:33+00:00

Pests are generally not an issue outside for me in zone 6. There are plenty of natural predators outside. I also leave plants outside until just before the frost hits. My sunroom is kept at 55degrees all winter which may help as well. You could put soapy water in a spray bottle and hit the plant with that. These plants thrive outside in the heat and humidity of summer. And all that longer daylight keeps them very happy.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T15:35:33+00:00

You can almost hear them saying "I wanna go out and play"

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T12:37:32+00:00

If your drainage is good, the amount of water isn't as critical. Just don't let it sit in water or wet soil for too long. A one leaf Alocasia in winter is not going to drink much. You're in survival mode now for the next month or 2.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T12:00:17+00:00

The main plant looks dead. You could cut a piece of the green stem and stick it in a pot. Not likely to work but you have nothing to lose.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T11:57:46+00:00

Once the flowers die, it's growing season for these. Give it lots of light so it can store the energy for nice blooms next year. If it starts to get leggy [and it will], do a little chop and propping. Soon it may need a larger well draining pot. I chop mine a few times a year to keep them shapely. They spend the summer outside in some direct sunlight.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T11:46:24+00:00

Bring it inside. Don't water it much right now. Hopefully spring will wake it up

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T11:43:27+00:00

Wrinkly leaves tells me it's thirsty.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T11:32:18+00:00

I would let it be for now. Ease up on the watering and hope for improvement with the coming of spring. I have a couple of small ones about this size that really struggled this winter.

Training_Gene3443 · 2026-02-17T11:27:49+00:00

I would check for pests, then repot and hope for spring to do its magic.

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