Plant question

[tlro]

Anyone have the expertise to tell me what type of plant this is and if it's WTF safe? It's got thick durable vines/stalks and waxy leaves. Doesn't quite match and google image searches though? Possible pothos plan?

[flybyferns]

It is a Philodendron...
Yes....... it is safe.

[kueluck]

Looks like a chinese evergreen (frog safe) to me, the stem is so thick. Where's Bill when ya need em'.

[tlro]

Lets say a plant is poisonous to eat bust considered frog safe. What if a rambunctious cricket munches on the plant then frog munches said cricket?

[kueluck]

and this is why I bowl or tong feed.

Lets say a plant is poisonous to eat bust considered frog safe. What if a rambunctious cricket munches on the plant then frog munches said cricket?

[deranged chipmunk]

I would agree with Lynn, looks like a philodendron. Leaf structure is wrong for a pothos.

Lets say a plant is poisonous to eat bust considered frog safe. What if a rambunctious cricket munches on the plant then frog munches said cricket?

There's really no scientific evidence supporting this theory. Some think the cricket will poison the frog, some think the toxins are broken down by the cricket's digestive system. Some think the toxins would kill the cricket first. You can decide on which you believe.

[Tongue Flicker]

It looks like a dieffenbachia to me that has been grown in very low light

[deranged chipmunk]

I thought diffembachia at first, because of the leaves and the variegation on them, but the stem structure is wrong for a young diffembachia. They have more of a tuber stem, like a begonia. This plant has more of a hard stem, like a dracaena, which causes me to lean towards philo. I'll have to get a better look at it tonight on a screen bigger than my phone.

[Tongue Flicker]

True, the leaf shape also suggests a philo but the white concentration on the main leaf vein is also a typical characteristic of dieffenbachias. We used to have huge dumbcanes that grew under low light for a very long time and they had the same twisted/bent stems that are actually tougher than straight up dieffenbachias that tend to be brittle.


We need a new photo of the plant under a good lighting to be sure! Haha