Beginner Gardening: Advice needed with my spindly Philodendron, 1 by pauliewalnuts

pauliewalnuts wrote:
First of all, it's nice to be back. Haven't been on this site since last year. So, Hi.

Here's my query. I bought my Philodendron erubescens 'Red Emerald' last summer when it was about 5' tall. Since then it has doubled in height, reaching the ceiling. Reluctantly, I cut off the growing tips to stop it getting any taller. However, as you can probably see from the photo, the top half of the plant is more sparse, with much smaller leaves than the bottom part. In fact, some of the leaves from last year still haven't unfurled fully! I'm guessing I kept it too warm through the dark, Scottish winter, resulting in its leggy appearance. My question is, since it isn't going to grow any taller, where will it put its energies come the growing season? Will it produce new shoots or will it continue to develop the leaves it already has? I'm really hoping that the top half will fill out a bit more but will it? Any advice, suggestions or comments would be very welcome.