Philodendron Yellow Leaf Tips. The stems are reddish purple while young. If your plant is infected isolate it from your other plants and remove the offending leaves with a pair of scissors that you disinfect between each cut.
With a leaf bud cutting the leaf and bud are the focus of your cutting rather than the nodes. Yellowing leaves on a philodendron are an indication that the plant is getting too much water. Heartleaf philodendron or commonly called philodendron cordatum because of its 2 4 inch heart shaped leaves.
Leaf spots leaf blights and tip burns can all mean leaves turning brown on philodendrons.
To make a leaf bud cutting take your knife and cut in a semi circle around the node on one side of the stem. Philodendron leaves turning yellow and brown could also be caused by certain bacterial diseases. A philodendron with leaves that are turning yellow is likely suffering from an cultural problem although disease may also be to blame. Chlorosis conundrum chlorosis is a yellowing of the leaves.