This will be interesting. My resources suggest the first pic is correctly labeled, and that is as far as I am going. Can't wait to see the outcome.

I doubt these cultivar names are patented. I don't see a trademark symbol next to them either. They are just for-sale nicknames.

And if Tiff is correct (and I have no reason to doubt her), then it is possible they are the same plant simply given different names -- whatever the seller thought would sound neat and sell.

I have no idea but I'm curious too. (I saw a Glacier at Lowes a couple of weeks back and thought of our conversation about these confusing varieties.)

As a side note, your Manjula looks amazing! What are you doing for it? Mine has hardly grown at all and actually lost 3 leaves when I repotted it, drat its fragility. Is there a secret to Manjula care?

I hope that Justin of Costa Farms chimes in as these are all from Costa Angel plants.

Sage - I have 2 Manjula pothos, the first picture has struggled like your plant. I re-potted both and learned that the roots are pretty sensitive, or the plant is sensitive if its roots are disturbed much. The first one I tried to rinse much of the potting soil off and put it in 50% perlite with 50% cactus/palm mix. It really struggled and much of it died back. The second Manjula I soaked the whole pot in a tub of water, then just barley removed any of the old soil and potted it and left it alone until I could tell it needed water.

I have always read that the soil they use in the nursery holds too much water and can get "hydrophobic" after while so getting it off the roots is best. But with these (and even the Marble Queen) I have had better luck being very careful with disturbing the roots.

Hi all!

There are differences between 'Manjula', 'Pearls and Jade', 'Glacier', 'Marble Queen', etc. According to our growers:

Epipremnum Pearls and Jade is a patented pothos variety from the University of Florida that features green leaves with a white margin. You typically see green flecks in the white variegation and silvery/gray-green mottling.

Epipremnum N' Joy is a patented variety from Europe that also features green leaves with a white margin. The main distinction with this pothos is that there's typically clear distinction between the green/white variegation with less mottling. Note: We don't usually grow this variety.

Epipremnum Glacier is very similar to Pearls and Jade. Its leaves tend to show more of the gray-green coloring in the variegation than the Pearls and Jade. It is not a patented variety.

Epipremnum Manjula has white leaves with a green center (the variegation is the reverse of the above), and there's not usually a clean line between the variegation (the variegation zones tend to blend shades of green, silver, white, and cream). it also has a larger leaf that has somewhat undulating edges, so it doesn't like to lay flat. This one also came out of the University of Florida program, I believe.

We definitely had an error there in tagging --- many apologies!

---Justin
Costa Farms Horticulturist

So…maybe…I think…

In reading Justin’s great descriptions and looking at photos from the Costa Farms website…

I believe tsome are Manjula. They look like my mature Manjula and the leaves are less flat as Justin described. And looking at the photos from the Costa Farms website, both the Pearls and Jade and Glacier have smaller leaves. I think Glacier is smaller than P&J.

So…Manjula? –

Compared to my Manjula –

And I think these are Pearls and Jade, especially looking at the photos from the Costa Farms website.

Pearls and Jade from the Costa Farms website:

And I don’t think any of the plants really were Glacier. In reading the description and looking at the photos from the Costa Farms website, I think this plant that I bought elsewhere and was not labeled and was not from Costa Farms, is Glacier. And as Justin said that Glacier is NOT patented, any nursery could propagate it and call it whatever they want or not call it anything. I think that Glacier has smaller leaves and they are more “pointed” than the other “pothos” but the points are more of a rounded point, whereas the P&J is pointed as well but a more “pointier” point??? This probably does not matter a wit to anyone but I think it is fun to try to see differences and know if I really have one of each.

Glacier from the Costa Farms website:

I think this plant (not from Costa Farms) is Glacier. Leaves seem a bit more "crinkly" and I have read that is true of Glacier. Also I have seen plants that look like this sold in grocery stores and other places that were unlabeled. Makes sense if the plant is not patented.

And to keep it interesting. Here is my plant (bought at a small hardware store that sells plants) that I believe is N’Joy. It has small leaves too but there is no spotting in the white and the white and green are very defined.

Thoughts?

Excellent detective work! What kind of light conditions are you keeping them in? They all look lovely and not at all sunburned -- unlike my Manjula. I keep moving it around the house in search of a place where it won't sunburn but does have enough light to trigger some growth. (Also, interestingly, it has one new leaf that's solid green. Maybe that cutting's reverting. The other 5 are all still variegated and producing very small new leaves.)

Hi Sage,

My Manjula at home has thrown out a couple of reverted shoots, as well that I've had to clear out. It's also thrown out one shoot that looks like a giant, slightly cupped 'Marble Queen'.

---Justin
Costa Farms Horticulturist

Sage - I have big north facing windows so there is a lot of light. But I live in NW Montana so none of the light from any of my windows is probably enough to sun burn anything.

I have occasionally gotten a plant that reverts (mostly philodendron Brazil). I just let it go and see how it ends up. I Iike variety!

Oh, yes, northern latitudes are a whole different quality of light. Yesterday I moved the Manjula so it's under a 6500 CFL and it seems very happy so far...whereas even being 12 feet from a SE window, it was still getting leafburn. (So fascinating!) And, yes, I want to see what happens with the stem that's going green. Maybe the super-bright light will kick the variegation back on...or maybe I'll get green manjula-shaped leaves.