This plant was sold to me as a Vriesea "astrid" but looks clearly different. It has longer leaves and a dark base that usual astrid doesn't have. I've never seen the inflorescence If your Philodendron looks like this, keep reading The Philodendron Gloriosum is a crawler, not a climber, so it grows horizontally! You've got options: Repot into a long, rectangular container Philodendron squamiferum Red Bristle Philodendron (4.5" Pot) Little Prince of Oregon Nursery Bristly foxtail grass (508) Philodendron williamsii Variegated Philodendron Burle Marx Variegata XL Welovetropicalplants