Scindapsus (Araceae), Great Indoor Plant

Beautiful photos can easily grown indoor.

As you can see this is one of my favorite plants, so easy to grow even in water alone. If you have limited time but wish to have plants inside your house or office, this is the type of plants that you should try.

Scindapsus know with many other names even for its scientific names Scindapsus aureau or Phaphidophora aureu, while in the America and Canada more popular as Epipremnum pinnatum. For common name Scindapsusmore popular as Pothtos, Devil’s Ivy, Ivy Arum, Silver Vine, Taro Vine and maybe few more names. This beautiful plants can easily be notice and also grown by many.

Native to tropical rainforest of the Pacific can grow and climbs rapidly – if you put it in the bigger pot with lot of soils and feed. So watch closely if you just wishing to have small beautiful desk plants – you can easily prune it. Also known to be one of the best air cleaner by Dr. Wolverton.

Marble Queen beautiful cultivar of Scindapsus.

Buying Hints : Can easily find at most plants shop, a mi size 6-9 in can be grown easily – this size also will cost you less than the bigger one. There also many cultivars that the price can be little bit different. Try to look on the plants with several growing points with healthy leaves.

General Care: Bets grown in a peat-based soil. Support climber will help Scindapsus to climb for the light. Moss poles will to best, by make sure that the moisture is retain. Pot on in spring and renew the top soil 1- 2 in with fresh compost or repot every two or three years.

In different case – for a small desk decoration, just put it in the water or growing gel and prune their long branches.

Light: Can easily grow even for poorly lit areas in your room. Scindapsus can even grow with artificial light alone. Make sure you keep it away from the direct sunlight in the summer.

Temperature: Suitable for ordinary room temperature to promote healthy grow. In winter keep temperature not to fall below 60 °F and preferably not rise above 65 °F while the plants in the semi-dormant period.

Another beautiful spesis.

Humidity: Plants do better in moisture condition. Dry air inhibits growth. Keep it in moisture areas or do what best to keep it moisture – tepid water or to place trays of pebbles and water nearby.

Watering and Feeding: Keep the compost just moist in spring and summer and let it dry put between watering. While in autumn and winter water the plants sparingly. Use dilute liquid fees during the growing season, once a week to young plants or two to three weeks for complete growing plants.

Propagation: Increase from 3 – 4 in cutting in summer, rooted in sand in propagator at 70 °F. For more simple solution, just put it in the container with water at the right temperature.

Disorder: Rarely trouble by pest. Dry air causes leaf curl.