Pothos Conglomerate?
massey516 (NW Montana z 4b)
6 years ago
I (as many of you too I suppose) have been on the look out for the new EA pothos Jessenia and Cebu Blue. I have in my area a few of the BB stores and was in HD. I saw 4 hanging baskets and as I got close I could see one was a Golden Pothos and 3 were Manjula pothos. I already have 2 Manjula and a couple of Goldens.
I saw that one of the Manjula had a vine that had reverted back to all green with no variegation. We have discussed that on this forum and I always find it interesting so wanted a closer look.
As I pulled the pot down I saw that it was not reverted to green, but a different pothos.
And upon closer inspection I saw Marble Queen and Pearls and Jade/Glacier (I can't tell the difference).
And of course there was Manjula.
The other 3 plants were labeled with an EA tag and had the appropriate name. This one had not lag but did have a sticker that said EA.
I was very pleased with this mixed up pot of pothos! I thought other plant folks would enjoy seeing this.
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