I have always called this plant a philodendron. But E has corrected me and said it is a pothos. Of course I had to look it up and yes, she is right. It is a pothos. Anyway, it is something that came with J. His mother gave it to him after he graduated from college and started living on his own sometime around 1987. So it has been with J longer than I have.
About every 5-7 years, it starts to loose more leaves and get very leggy.
That is when I cut the ends off, stick them in water until they root then replant them. E has taken a cutting, but for the last year it hasn't gotten past 2 leaves. As soon as a 3rd leaf starts, the oldest one dies. I don't know what is going on there.
This one is nearing the end of it's cycle and may need to be cut back soon. There are a lot of vines in there with no leaves. It's always a little scary to cut it back because I don't want anything to happen to it after all this time. I also have no idea how long it would be if I stretched it out. It is way to tangled to try.
I had one or more of those back in the day when I had plenty of house plants. Philodendrons have split leaves.
ReplyDeleteThe legginess is why I never continued with this plant. You are doing good to have kept it going for so many years!
1987 wow!!
ReplyDeletePothos - new to me too
I remember a coworker having one of these plants. His grew all around the top of the wall in his office (I guess he used hooks or something to hold it up). I had one of these plants back in the day - it bit the dust long ago.