| Description | Pearls and Jade Devils Ivy (Epipremnum aureum) is an easy to grow, tough plant for the moderate lit areas of the indoors. |
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| Pronunciation | (epi-PREEM-num)(AW-ree-um) |
| Plant Type | Indoor Foliage, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
| Sunlight | The amount of light is the key factor to the coloration of the foliage. Green foliage, lacking color usually indicates not enough light and faded foliage is too much. Move it around to find the best conditions. Prefers bright to moderate, tolerates low but will burn in to much direct. |
| Moisture | Keep it evenly moist to approach dryness. Prefers average house plus humidity, but very tolerant of most any indoor humidity levels. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house to average house plus |
| Flowers | spikes of tiny yellow spathes, seldom seen in cultivation |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, heart-shaped, glossy green with patches of irregular white variegation, smaller than the more common Devils Ivy |
| Stems | procumbent, creeping or climbing |
| Dimensions | at least 1.5 feet long |
| Maintenance | With time the plant may develop bare legs and needs cutting back. This will promote new branches. |
| Propagation | tip cuttings, mallet cuttings, layering |
| Native Site | Species plant native to the Solomon Islands. |
| Cultivar Origin | Selected from a group of radiated Marble Queen Devils Ivy plants at the Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) in Apopka, Florida USA. One stem mutated it was vegetatively propagated and evaluated for over two years. |
| Misc Facts | From the Greek words epi meaning upon and premnon meaning trunk. In its natural habitat it grows on the trunks of trees. |
| Author's Notes | The stems will lay on a growing media and root easily but are not quick to root from cuttings. This is about as tough of a plant there is. Hard to kill. |
| Notes & Reference | #18-House Plant Encyclopedia (Nico Vermeulen), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey), Hort Science Pearls and Jade’ Pothos Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen and Terri A. Mellich |
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