Talk:Epipremnum aureum/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Main Photo

While I don't object to progress, I do think that any picture of the standard variegated kind of vine plant is probably what people think of as "pothos", the extremely common house plant. It seems like this article is now combining a few fairly different plants. But I'm no botanist. --nathanbeach 16:55, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

They aren't different plants, they are all the same species. And while I agree that most people will be most familiar with the variegated cultivar, the general rule for species articles is that the taxobox image is of the wild form. So, for example, the article on wolf does not have a picture of a beagle in the taxobox, and the article on oak doesn't have a bonsai plant. Following that general rule, the image here should be of the wild form. We certainly need images of the variegated cultivar in the article though.Mark Marathon (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:56, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

ah, that makes sense - i'll figure out what the best practice is for adding a gallery. might be overkill for this article, though --nathanbeach 15:47, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

As I said on the image talk page, there's some cause for uncertainty whether the wild plant shown really is E. aureum. Also, the type commonly grown as a houseplant is one of the normal forms of the wild plant. In the beagle/wolf metaphor, it's as is we didn't have an article titled "Dog", we didn't know whether our wild-wolf picture was really a wolf or a coyote, we didn't know whether wolves and coyotes were the same species, and beagles were a natural variety of wolves. I think it would be best to use a picture of a verified specimen of E. aureum from a botanical garden, if we can find one that's freely-distributable. --Dan Wylie-Sears 2 (talk) 13:58, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Conflicting information about flowering

This article describes in the introduction that "the last known spontaneous flowering was reported in 1964", but later in the article shows a photo of what is claimed to be a Pothos Flower: 'cluster of four infructescenses found naturally occurring in South Florida'. The photo does appear to be from an epipremnum Aureum. Where was the photo taken, can we confirm that pothos has been seen flowering in Florida? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.225.150.10 (talk) 01:36, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Merge

I believe these two articles ought to be merged, as this article cites "Devil's Ivy" as a nickname. Devil's Ivy says it is "Pothos", and Houseplant cites "Golden Pothos" and links to Epipremnum pinnatum. -- Sy / ^(talk) 20:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. There was no additional useful info to add from that page. - MPF 09:32, 1 July 2006 (

awww yeah bro I am just havin fun good page and every thing they say on here is a lie cause ppl can edit it— Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.82.230 (talk • contribs)

Photo

Unless there's any objection, I'm going to remove the low-res picture of the Pothos 'in action'. The quality is really low, though I appreciate the spirit. Looks like that's the only wikipedia contribution the user has done. I'll wait a few days and if I don't read any objection on this page, I'll remove it... --nathanbeach 20:51, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

"Money Plant" also refers to a succulent

A completely different plant, which I have yet to identify.

This succulent may be called "money plant" because the succulent leaves look like pieces of old-style threaded Chinese money.

In London (at least), it is common to have one of these plants in a Chinese place of business as a harbinger of prosperity.

(I've just had mine stolen, so shall now have to look up what it's called). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.35.164.244 (talk) 12:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

Right -- enough chatter.

The plant I am referring to is the "Money Tree" or "Jade Plant", http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A1084664 Crassula ovata. The similarity in name merits either disambiguation or a referral to Jade Plant.

82.35.164.244 15:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Flowers?

I have had five pothos plants at my workstation for about two years (I "rescued" them from an area near the office ladies' room, where they weren't getting any sunlight). They share a 1/2-liter bottle of Poland Spring once a week, and thank goodness, are faring well. However, I've never seen them sprout any flowers. Is it something I'm doing wrong? --204.246.229.232 20:06, 30 May 2007 (UTC)