Back in 1989 when I first started working my first job out of college, a colleague just bought a house and there was this plant in a pot in her backyard. I think it wasn't in great shape, I vaguely recall her telling me. She noticed I was diligent in watering the various plants in the office and offered to give the plant from her backyard to me. Probably more likely just a snip of it, I cannot imagine her carrying the plant with its pot on public transportation. We were working at One Penn Plaza and I think she traveled via MetroNorth commuter rail, from Little Neck area. Took care of the plant I did, I even took some cutting home and gave out to other people who were interested. I took a piece with me as I changed jobs over the year and still have a few at home right now, some 30+ years later. I never knew what type of plant it was so one day Google told me it's a philodendron. Recently, my track club sprouted a plant propagation club and I wanted to find out what type of philodendron my plant is. I already came up with the punny name Philo-Ren. Alas, none of the places Bing took me to told me what type of philo the plant is. Some site mentioned pothos and a club member did too. So, after all this time, it's not a philo, but some type of pothos.
Can actual people of the Internet help? I really want it to be a type of philo but the color and shape just don't match anything I read. The leaves are elongated, not heart-shaped. Color is solid green. This particular plant (in the photo) grows in water and is near a window, so while it has some sun, no soil nutrient so the leaves are not that large. I moved a cutting to a pot outside and the new leaves are significantly larger. Please let it be a philo, else I need to come up with another name to be punny with reference to pothos.
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