What I've been told is this is a "White Veigned" arrowhead plant, and they're rather difficult to find in my area of the country (WA). I've been trying to locate a place where I can either order a flat of seedings or some packages of seeds so I can grow my onw at home. This particular plant doesn't do well in direct sunlight, they do best on top of a TV or stereo if you don't plant rap, heavy metal or hard rock...they will thrive and grow fast on either appliance, or in indirect sunlight places. Have good drainage in their pots too. If you get the chance when you go back to the store where you got your plant, ask them for their wholesaler information so I can contact them to see if they can help me get a flat of seedings or seeds...I'd appreciate it more than you would ever know.

Tiff LOL dont be silly lady, im just gonna jump on all Your threads, post MY pics, get my answeres, and let You look like the bad guy! hehee seriously we're ALL learning, from Each Other, thats whats soo cool bout this joint (i think) ...and the Fun along the way. btw i dont (Hate) Anybody. or anything,, cept Stink Bugs! dem im goin to War on hehe oh may bad (5.1.1) of course,, hmm I'll try it on something to get a reference (perspective), heck ive got like every soil ammendment ingredient known to Man! lol ..been wantin to anyway :) yea big plants Are impressive, but i really like 'miniatures' in Lots of things, not just plants,, plus i dont have the space,,, i actually enjoy picking up each plant (on weekends, when ive the time) and taking to my lighted magnifier Lamp, giving em the once over before taking em to the sink,,, its kind of a bonding thing sorta,, Not like breast-feeding acourse! lol oh wow, yea i wasnt aware he was strugglin a bit, and the expense, Sorry to hear that Tiff, i'll definitely put you n your family on my Prayer list. :) hmm ive never married, thus no kids, so i dont know the 'joys',,, but man, talk about 'taking-the-good-with-the-bad' your probably thinkin (somedays) 'is this Really what i Wanted'? hmm,, wow really Nice sentiment Polly :) dang Polly? you type soo much younger than that!? hehe :)~ shoot its too late 4 pics, tomm maybe,, you kids in bed then, now? i gotta learn military time lol Night all, Tiff,, 110 oz's?? really, im not even gonna ask hehee i can still catch a cpl mins of Avat...rrr...zzzzzz

I refuse to generalize or predict anything about the color of this plant, or any of the supposed cultivars. Over the years, various cuttings have gone to different places and none of them look the same. On a single vine, none of the leaves will be identical to each other, or the basal foliage that preceded. The roots are hardy where I am and the new foliage that shows up from each is different, both from spot to spot, and from year to year. Bizarre plant.

Kathy, the official name of your syngonium is Trileaf Wonder, a very old one and don't see it very much any more. Syngoniums will put on lobes as they climb toward higher light, so will go from 3 to 5 to 7 and even 9 lobes, and then will bloom when they have enough light. You're right in that young syngoniums have the most variegation, older ones and those in climbing mode will lose it completely. If you have enough young tip cuttings with good variegation to make a potful, I would just propagate them and toss all the rest. My prior advice to take cuttings only from variegated portions of the vine doesn't apply to this particular syngonium, any new plants springing from side nodes of a green-leaved stem should produce variegated young plants. But you'll have to cut off the tip to force nodes to grow, maybe that's why you said you had pieces that had a lot of nodes close together but none were growing. As long as the cutting has a tip, all energy goes there and side nodes will stay dormant. Cut off the tip and energy diverts to side nodes and you will see the last few nodes from the top burst into active growth. If the cuttings have aerial roots, you should be able to just plant them in a light, peat-based mix and they will grow easily for you. If no aerials, your glass of water is a safe way to propagate and produce roots. In the future, as vines start running, cut off tips to keep growth young and variegated. That will force the plant to be bushier and more attractive. Let me know if you need clarification or have other questions. Russ