Hello guys, pictures are below, I rescued this plant, it was in a tiny tiny pot in a disused office at work with no window I watered it before we broke up and then came back and monitored it through January and begging of Feb and nobody tended to it so I stole it 2 weeks ago 😎🙊
Anyways I've put it into a large fabric pot, I think it's over kill but it's all I had. And it seems to be peeking up, the new growth in the photo has now opened out into its own baby leaf and stalk for the next section of the plant (I'll get a pic of that up tonight)
Anyway enough of me rambling I need you guys expertise in identifying this plant so I can read about how to actually help it, also as I have been reading all the plants it's similar to i.e. Elephants ear and caladium plant are all poisonous, now this isn't an issue (I don't have small children or pets) but if it is poisonous obviously I'd like to know so I can take care when handling it .
But yeah I just want to know what it is so I can get it in it's optimum growing conditions and get it nice and healthy there's no point stealing it if it's still just going to die at my house instead 🙈.
Laymans Description
Leggy plant with large heart/teardrop shaped leaves. Very glossy and shiny, green on top and red on bottom with darker red veins. The stems are very watery if you know what I mean, like they're hollow and would snap rather than be bent around, even the new growth is like it, it has small hairs on the stalks and the leaf stems. It ha no odour really and seems to grow straight up, I can't see how it would branch as it makes like a bud then out of that bud comes a leaf and a bud for the next section and it seems to zig zag up, I don't know if it flowers but again it doesn't look like it could grow flowers due to the way it seems to grow, it can't support its own weight so I've got a tether round my tv stand haha XD
Anyways cheers for looking guys and thank you in advance for your help
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