this is either a pothos or philodendron i don't know which. i got a small 2 leaf cutting from my husbands grandmother this spring and it has grown so much already. please help me to id this one.
id please and pict of african mask
this is african mask
Looks like variegated philo, to me... But I'm no expert. Someone will fill us in. Nice African mask, Lovesdaylilies.
Pothos
thanks both of you : ) could this be marble queen????
the african mask i bought back in spring and it has grown so much! it flowered but i missed the flowers when they were alive. i saw the dead flowers when i watered awhile back and it now has 2 seed pods. i wonder if these will grow from seed?
kelly
Here a thread about propagating EE from seed. Best of luck!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/633397/
ROX
thanks for link rox : )
kelly
Looks like golden pothos (scindapsus aureus or epipremnum aureum). Marble Queen pothos has white variegation.
I would say Golden as well.
thanks everyone!
kelly
Your plant called pothos or Epipremnum which is very common and has been sold for many years as a pothos. The truth is no one is for sure what it is and the botanist have been throwing it back in forth in two different aroid groups for years. The plant has never been seen flowering. It has been said that once it climbs up a tree and forms its larger 3 to 4 foot leaves and keeps climbing usually around 70 to 100 feet up parts of the vines will hang down about 20 feet with small flowers on them. This would keep the flowers usually around 50 feet high so it could be one reason no one has take a photo of a flower. With out a flower or DNA test it would be very hard to ID a plant. So for years botanist have argued what this plant really is. I believe Simon Mayo or Peter boyce may have found this exact form growing wild on a small south american island a few years ago and did a huge report on it in one of the aroideana booklets. Most believe it is a form of Epipremnum though Pothos has been used with the plant so much that it is hard to get the plant correctly named.
Amazing how a plant that is so commonly known still has secrets and botanist are still unsure exactly what it is. Alocasia hilo beauty is in this same boat never flowering and is obviously not a true alocasia but possibly a hybrid between a colocasia and caladium? Still with out a flower or DNA test it will be impossible to know for sure. I have been trying to get it to bloom with special chemicals this season in hopes of some sort of bloom.
great information! that is really neat.
kelly