Re: [aroid-l] Epipremnum

From: "Clarence Hammer" chammer at cfl.rr.com> on 2003.10.23 at 02:12:34(10709) Hi Leslie. Epipremnum pinnatum and falcifolium are 2 different Aroids than the Pothos. E. pinnatum leaves in mature stage is big, all green, with deep +More splits to the midrib, and tiny 'holes' along the midrib. I've never had a falcifolium, but it's also a different looking plant. Pothos has gone thru seemingly countless name changes, not sure exactly where it ended. According to Graf's Tropica, Birdsey changed it from Scindapsus to Raphidophora in 1962. Then Bunting changed it from Raphidiophora to Epipremnum in 1964. That's pretty old info, I'll have to see if I can find any more recent. I imagine the wild form is all green. I noticed today that your all yellow form shines in the shadehouse like a beacon in the dark among all the green Philos, brilliant and beautiful. Of the yellow variegated forms, I like the one I see occasionally that has a predominance of variegation, even the stems are yellow. Seems to be a more intensely colored clone than the usual variegated Pothos. I like the white variegated 'Marble Queen', but it seems slower to me, and more likely to revert to all green. I don't think I've ever seen this growing up palms and oaks here in Florida with huge 2 foot leaves and split edges like you see yellow variegated Pothos. There are some magnificent Pothos growing higher than I've ever seen on pine trees at Dr Frank Brown's (of Aglaonema fame) big garden at Valkaria Fla. I'm glad to have a piece of your 30 year old green Pothos Leslie, I like plants with some personal history. Russ

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