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title: "Could someone tell me if this is a pothos or a philodendron? I…"
description: "Could someone tell me if this is a pothos or a philodendron? I rescued it from my grandmom who can’t care for it anymore & I initially thought it was a pothos…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/LcLyZ55uSHiZCeaKI64Vtg"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Koko"
published: "2024-02-28T12:56:33.332815Z"
language: "en"
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# Could someone tell me if this is a pothos or a philodendron? I…

_Posted by Koko on 2024-02-28_

Could someone tell me if this is a pothos or a philodendron? I rescued it from my grandmom who can’t care for it anymore \& I initially thought it was a pothos n joy but I’m not entirely sure.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/PbPyqvIQcFvUxm4WziTG6fW6obFj5bje8HhaGKIA5w0/pmRl1hhPQ7SElvbo1JwfBQ.webp?size=large)

## 16 comments

### Tigerlilly commented on 2024-02-28

it’s definitely a pothos n’joy! they’re quite lovely.

#### Koko replied on 2024-02-28

Thank you!

### letsfindjoy commented on 2024-02-28

Interesting, some leaves look like njoy and some like manjula!

#### Koko replied on 2024-02-28

I just looked up the manjula, you’re right! Now I’m over here trying to google the differences lol.

#### letsfindjoy replied on 2024-02-28

They are the same genus, epipremnum aureum, it’s just different variegation coloring bc of a genetic mutation of the og golden pothos that makes the specific varieties. So while rarer, it can start to genetically mutate a different variegation variety from its current one.

### John G Amero commented on 2024-03-03

I am definitely a lover of the smaller leaf pathos. The do much better at being bushes or bush like. After almost a year of dealing with the tentacles on this one I cut them off to return the plant to its lovely bushy form.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gxEM_j_mJgdysj-2z4vmXECXcvvzQ8T9LpBISEIrd4/_pDHPp-lTbSF3IT5zABptw.webp?size=large)

#### John G Amero replied on 2024-03-03

Here’s another shot.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gxEM_j_mJgdysj-2z4vmXECXcvvzQ8T9LpBISEIrd4/ca54q9h9Q52DMJ2dB7CC_Q.webp?size=large)

#### Koko replied on 2024-03-03

What did you do to get it so full? Mine was given to me this way \& I was thinking about cutting, propagating \& replanting some of the longer areas but I’m so impatient lol.

#### John G Amero replied on 2024-03-03

I had to go back and look at my Planta logs. (Guess they’re not so silly now huh. ☺️😉)

Exhibit 1: 2021 a repotting into this clay pot.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gxEM_j_mJgdysj-2z4vmXECXcvvzQ8T9LpBISEIrd4/lh0Ju212RjuouoCfwhdZtQ.webp?size=large)

#### John G Amero replied on 2024-03-03

Exhibit 2: in 2022 a repot into this pot.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gxEM_j_mJgdysj-2z4vmXECXcvvzQ8T9LpBISEIrd4/knvp-puvQo6Tt-BkrLdOQg.webp?size=large)

#### John G Amero replied on 2024-03-03

Exhibit 3: End of 2022 and another reporting. And this is the pot that it exists in today.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gxEM_j_mJgdysj-2z4vmXECXcvvzQ8T9LpBISEIrd4/uyEMMVq3T7a-QMUI5hW6bA.webp?size=large)

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