Epipremnum pinnatum
Also called Cebu Blue pothos, Dragon-tail plant
At a glance
- From
£15 for Champs Elysees, the cheapest form today
- Forms
4 forms and cultivars, 2 green, 2 other color type
- Light
Still grows at 20 · saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s
Measured on Epipremnum aureum B
Forms and cultivars 4
Each form shows its light value and where it was measured: ● on this form itself, ○ on the form or species named in the line. Grades: A Measured directly, B Indirect, C Distant.
Green 2
Cebu Bluefrom £48
Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum B
Champs Elyseesfrom £15
Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum B
Other color type 2
Marblefrom £17
Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum C
Yellow Mintfrom £85
Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum C
Light
Still grows at 20 · saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s
Measured on Epipremnum aureum B
- Still grows at
- very dim · ~1,100 lux
- Leaves saturate at
- some direct sun · ~21,000 lux
The light scale
Scale in µmol/m²/s, linear from 0 to 800. Lux are read as daylight: 1 µmol/m²/s is about 54 lux.
- Very dim: up to 25
- Dim to medium: 25–100
- Bright, no direct midday sun: 100–300
- Some direct sun: 300–700
- Direct sun: above 700
Care
Feeding
'Aureum' fed at EC 1.7 mS/cm through a Dutch greenhouse winter made longer vines (68 cm) and more variegated leaves than at EC 3.0 or 4.3 (54 and 42 cm).
A Measured directlyMeasured on this species
Young 'Aureum' and 'Marble Queen' plants fed at pH 4.8 had malformed young leaves in 5–8 % of pots, against 32–33 % at pH 5.6 and 46–48 % at pH 6.4.
B IndirectMeasured on this species
Propagation
In one trial with four pothos cultivars, two-node cuttings taken from just below the vine tip rooted in 97 % of cases, two-node tip cuttings 15 percentage points less often.
A Measured directlyMeasured on this species