Philodendron verrucosum Amazon Sunset (medium)

This plant looks fairly different from the product photos, in my opinion. However, It is so much more beautiful. The backs are such a deep purple.

It came with two leaves, one of which yellowed off within a day, and the other is slowly on its way out.

I've had it for about two weeks acclimating. it had to lose a lot of roots, and has been slow to grow new ones. Final survival remains to be seen, but I'm hopeful. I would still recommend this plant for sure.

Most roots were dry. If they had moistened the sphagnum moss and maybe sealed the bag better around the roots it might have done better. I don’t know if it was repackaged upon entering the states but remoistening around the roots would have saved it. The plant got here in three days so I know it wasn’t the shipping time that really set her back.

I placed my order and chose to pick up at one of their Pop-Up Event locations. It was packaged well and I expected that the leaves would be in rough shape, since Verrucosum are notorious for not shipping well. The plant only had one leaf which was yellow and died off a few days later. The stem seems healthy, despite some root rot, so I hope that this will be a successful rehab. I wouldn't recommend this one for beginners but it's worth a try for the price.