From: Adam Black <epiphyte1 at earthlink.net> on 2004.12.20 at 02:43:26(12477)
Hi Michael,
In addition to the Syngonium and Epipremnum aureum already mentioned, a friend
in Gainesville FL (8B) has grown Epipremnum pinnatum with similar results
- being cut back but returning (growing back several feet up) every winter.
I am going to get some established this spring in my yard (just southwest
of Gainesville), and see if I have similar luck.
Since I always have plenty of Philodendron squamiferum, I plant some at the
bases of trees in my yard every spring, yet none seem to ever return the
following spring.
Syngoniums and Epipremnum aureum return best when as much of the base of
the stem remains smothered by other evergreen foliage. I have even seen leaves
remain through the winter in the lower portions of my plants, under heavy
oak tree canopy, with dense impenetrable mounds of Bromelia pinguin and boston
ferns growing around the tree trunks. They don't return as strongly after
being burnt to the ground due to little protection.
Adam Black
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