Pothos 'manjula'

Pothos 'manjula' Care

Epipremnum Aureum 'manjula'

What is the plant

A patented variety produced by the University of Florida, this looks similar to the ‘pearls and jade' pothos variety, except that its leaves are bigger and softer. They also have wavier edges compared to other pothos whose foliage tends to lie flat. Expect different variations on each leaf with shades of silver, white, cream, and light green. Pothos is arguably the easiest of all houseplants to grow, even if you are a person who forgets to water your plants. This trailing vine has pointed, heart-shaped green leaves, sometimes variegated with white, yellow, or pale green. While pothos likes bright, indirect light it can thrive in areas that don’t get a lot of sunlight or have only fluorescent lighting.1 It's an excellent plant for locations such as offices and dorm rooms.

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Lighting

Part Sun

Hardiness zone

9b - 11

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Pothos like to have their soil dry out completely between waterings. If left continually in damp soil, the roots will rot. Black spots on the leaves and the sudden collapse of the plant indicate the soil has been kept too wet. Let the plant tell you when to water—when it starts to droop, it needs a good drink. However, don’t wait until the leaves start to shrivel or you will lose some leaves. Dry, brown edges mean the plant was kept dry too long.
Pruning
Keep the stems trimmed relatively short to keep foliage full along the full stems. If stems grow bare, they can be cut back to the soil level, and new stems will sprout.
Fertilizer
Pothos aren’t heavy feeders, but since there are no nutrients in most potting soils, feed monthly to bi-monthly with any balanced houseplant fertilizer.

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Sunlight
Outdoors, pothos can be grown in shade to partial shade. Indoors, pothos prefers bright but indirect light.1 Variegated plants sometimes lose their leaf pattern and revert to all-green plants if they don't get enough light; moving them to brighter conditions usually restores the variegation. Suddenly paler-looking leaves mean the plant is getting too much sun.
Soil
Pothos plants thrive in ordinary, well-draining potting soil.1
Temperature
Pothos should be kept above 50 F, and these plants like the common room temperature of 65 to 75 F.2 This plant likes high humidity but it is very tolerant and can thrive even where there is low humidity.