Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: EE or Philo help needed (maybe ID), 1 by caganimalover

caganimalover wrote:
I purchased 2 plants from Home Depot back in early Dec. They had no idea of identification.
Put the picture on the Plant Identification forum (http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/680898/) and decided that one is a Red-leafed Philodendron (http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/83995/index.html) and (maybe) one is a "Hooded Dwarf Elephant Ear, Chinese Taro, Buddha's Hand; Alocasia cucullata" (http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53975/index.html).

I just discovered this forum and noticed everybody seems to know a lot about these 2 type plants and thought I need to pose questions here.

My "Blushing Philodendron, Red-leaf Philodendron Philodendron erubescens 'Black Cardinal'" appears to be either slowly dying or struggling to live (guess it's the same thing). The soil stays wet for extremely long periods of time. Could this be why most of the leaves have appeared to rot off, or is it suppose to stay moist? I still have a couple of leaves left and need assistance on the water requirements and other information to keep this plant alive and thriving. The plant file information does not provide any moisture or light requirements or any other growing information.
The previously posted thread (http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/693026/) was on the Tropicals forum.

This thread brought about the possibility that the other plant may not be what I think it is, which could make the growing requirements vastly different. It is growing o-k-a-y, but I wouldn't say it is thriving. The leaves are somewhat droopy now. Is it the correct identification and is it growing alright? Here is a picture of it currently.

I would love to have both plants live and thrive to their destined heights.