Baron

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Philodendron plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its stocky growth habit, as a compact, self-heading, free standing plant with thick, leathery, dark emerald green, round leaves and short petioles, as an excellent in-house plant having the ability to withstand moderately low light, low maintenance and long periods without water, and its contrasting ability to be grown with training and with increased nutrition and higher light intensities as a totem pole specimen, the plant further having a high degree of resistance to diseases and physiological problems, good keeping qualities, the leaves being broad and the petioles semi-erect, causing the plant to appear very compact with two or three of the plants grown in a ten inch pot providing the appearance of a single plant that is approximately three times as wide as it is tall.