Indoor plant identification

March 1, 2022 6:19 PM

Please hope me identify these two plants! (bordered in red)

I have no idea what is on the left.

I think the one on the right is either a philodendron or a monstera. However, every philodendron I see in the home builder shops and nurseries has bigger leaves, is not along a vine, and is in terrible shape. So I'm curious to know if this is a more viny variant specific to Taiwan or elsewhere in SE Asia.

posted by They sucked his brains out! to Home & Garden (7 answers total)

Best answer: The one on the right looks like Rhaphidophora tetrasperma, aka "mini Monstera."
posted by pullayup at 6:23 PM on March 1, 2022

Best answer: On the left is some kind of philodendron one that is clumping, like a Red Emerald, on the right a split-leaf philodendron.
posted by nanook at 6:48 PM on March 1, 2022

Best answer: Or better yet, on the right, a Rhaphidophora tetrasperma like pullayup mentioned.
posted by nanook at 6:51 PM on March 1, 2022

Best answer: If you have the Google app you can touch the camera in the search bar and take a pic that will help ID. But yeah, right is monstera, left is a philodendron of some kind.
posted by greta simone at 8:13 PM on March 1, 2022

Best answer: Sorry I just realized that this might not be a pic you actually took in person so can’t do the search yourself.
posted by greta simone at 8:14 PM on March 1, 2022

Best answer: I would guess Philodendron 'Congo Green' for the one on the left, though I'm way more confident about Philodendron than I am about 'Congo Green.'
posted by Spathe Cadet at 6:52 AM on March 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

Best answer: What I do is run a bunch of pictures through PlantNet, the app. With this one picture, for the plant on the left, the app's suggestions are Strelitzia nicolai (and Philodendron erubescens or P. tatei which were already suggested and probably more likely).
posted by saveyoursanity at 7:55 AM on March 2, 2022