Philodendron 'Rojo Congo'

Bred by Marian Osiecki (Oglesby Plants) from a 1995 cross. The patent describes it as larger, more open and more vigorous than 'Imperial Red', with thicker, darker leaves and dark red-purple petiole sheaths; a self-heading, non-vining plant.

Parentage

Philodendron 'Imperial Red' × Philodendron tatei subsp. melanochlorum

Wild ancestry

The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:

Philodendron tatei subsp. melanochlorum 50%

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