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title: "My local shop has this absurd golden Pothos that may actually have…"
description: "My local shop has this absurd golden Pothos that may actually have been irradiated at Chernobyl. These leaves are ridiculously huge, I’m baffled by it"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/46sbKsa-RgyFgv7yDz6N2w/64baa025dc116802fe9453cc"
community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "J"
published: "2023-07-21T15:11:33.039Z"
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# My local shop has this absurd golden Pothos that may actually have…

_Posted by J on 2023-07-21_

My local shop has this absurd golden Pothos that may actually have been irradiated at Chernobyl. These leaves are ridiculously huge, I’m baffled by it

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## 5 comments

### exitJiraffe commented on 2023-07-21

You can buy huge nodes from Hawaii on eBay, probably cheaper than buying the huge plant itself.

### Danika commented on 2023-07-21

I was just watching a you tube that talked about pothos in the wild and how if you give them something to climb on similar to a monstera etc, they will put down aerial roots and grow big leaves like that as the climb! But if you keep it as a hanging style plant the leaves will stay relatively small and uniform. Who knew?!

### Asteria commented on 2023-07-22

Wow it looks like the ones in the rainforest exhibit at the zoo 😍

### ElysianAndroid commented on 2023-07-25

Wild pothos look NOTHING like our house ones! They’ll even fenestrate.

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### Annai C. commented on 2023-07-25

They do that when they can grab on to something. I have a huge one growing on the side of my house! It used to be one tiny leaf that was left behind!

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