Golden Pothos

The traditional pothos variety is golden pothos (Epipremnum aureum). It features heart-shaped mid-green foliage splashed in creamy gold. If you grow this variety up a totem and give it lots of light and warmth, you’ll find the leaves can grow quite large. In fact, outdoors in frost-free areas, the leaves can reach 12 inches wide or more! (Note: golden pothos shows invasive tendencies in areas like South Florida. We recommend against planting it outdoors in Zones 10 and 11.)

Marble Queen Pothos

Marble Queen (Epipremnum aureum ‘Marble Queen’) is another common pothos variety. It features green heart-shaped leaves heavily splashed and streaked with creamy white. The foliage is usually similar in size to golden pothos. Marble Queen may be more or less variegated, depending on the particular branch it was propagated from. Here at Exotic Angel® Plants, we only grow propagate Marble Queen from our most highly variegated mother plants.

Neon Pothos

Neon pothos (Epipremnum aureum ‘Neon’) is one of the most distinct varieties. Its heart-shaped leaves are bright chartreuse or golden yellow in color with no variegation. The newer, younger leaves tend to be brighter than older leaves. The foliage deepens in color with age. To get the best color, grow Neon pothos in bright light. In low-light spots, the color will be duller and darker.

Jessenia Pothos

Jessenia pothos (Epipremnum aureum ‘Jessenia’) displays green, heart-shaped leaves abundantly marked with chartreuse. Like Marble Queen (to which Jessenia is a mutation of), every leaf will be different. It’s usually not too hard to tell the difference between Marble Queen and Jessenia when they’re next to each other. The variegation of Marble Queen is much lighter than the limey-green variegation of Jessenia. Jessenia tends to grow more slowly than golden pothos.

Fun fact: Jessenia was discovered here at Costa Farms! 

Manjula Pothos

Manjula pothos (Epipremnum aureum ‘HANSOTI14’) is another patented variety (PP27,117). It features wide, heart-shaped green leaves. The foliage is variegated with shades of silver, white, cream, and light green. Each leaf is different; many leaves will have large patches of green. Others will be heavily flecked and splashed. With Manjula, there’s typically not a crisp line between the variegated areas – so the creamy areas tend to have spots or speckles of other colors. Another way to tell Manjula apart from other pothos varieties is that the leaves have wavy edges and don’t lay as flat as other pothos do.

Greenjula Pothos

Greenjula (Epipremnum aureum Greenjula) is a sport our growers found on regular Manjula. Like its parent, it has a broader leaf than most of the other aureum-type varieties. But unlike its parent, it may have some green-on-green variegation, with many leaves bearing darker green margins. We've found this to be a faster-growing plant than Manjula, and less likely to develop brown spots on the foliage when it's stressed.

Pearls and Jade® Pothos

Pears and Jade® pothos (Epipremnum ‘UFM12’) is an eye-catching variety that sports green leaves variegated with white and silvery-gray. The variegation tends to appear more on the edges of the foliage, rather than the middle. Unlike some other pothos varieties, the white sections of the foliage are often mottled with green and silvery gray tones. Pearls and Jade® pothos tends to have smaller leaves than some of the other varieties and tends to grow more slowly.
Note: Pearls and Jade® pothos was produced by the University of Florida and is a patented (PP21,217) variety.

Global Green Pothos

A relatively new variety introduced into the United States, Global Green (Epipremnum aureum Global Green) is a patent-protected selection (PP33,530) that shows off green-on-green variegation. Typically, the leaf margins are dark green with lighter green shades in the center of the leaf. It's perfectly normal, though not necessarily common, for Global Green to bear some leaves that have patches or streaks of white or cream.

Note: Costa Farms has been granted exclusive rights to grow Global Green pothos in North America by the plant's breeder and patent holder. 

Lemon Meringue Pothos

A flashy mutation found here at Costa Farms sprouting from a single stem of Global Green, Lemon Meringue (Epipremnum aureum Lemon Meringue) is also under patent protection (PP34,521P2). It features golden-yellow to light green leaf edges (depending on light levels; brighter light brings more yellow coloring) with medium green centers. As the leaves age, especially in lower light levels, the golden-yellow color fades to green. It's similar to the variety Emerald, which is said to be a mutation of N'Joy Pothos.

Note: Costa Farms has been granted exclusive rights to grow in North America.

Lemon Top Pothos

We found Lemon Top Pothos (Epipremnum aureum Lemon Top) right here at Costa Farms as a sport from Lemon Meringue. Unlike its parent, Lemon Top is not variegated. Rather, the new growth emerges a bright golden-yellow color before maturing to a rich, dark green. Light impacts the intensity of the leaf color --- the brighter the light, more brighter the new growth will be. While Lemon Top Pothos tolerates low-light conditions, we don't recommend growing it this way. It truly shines when given lots of bright light. 

Note: A plant patent has been applied for on this variety.  

Shangri-La Pothos

Perhaps the most unusual Pothos variety we grow, Shangri-La Pothos (Epipremnum aureum Shangri-La) was developed in Japan by famed breeder Terunoworld. It features green leaves --- sometimes marked with a bit of golden variegation --- that are curled and twisted, rather than opening flat. This has given it the nickname "sleeping pothos." The foliage never fully flattens and is further enhanced by textural crests (sometimes called gills) on the leaf undersides. 

Champs-Élysées Pothos

Also developed in Japan by Terunoworld, Champs-Élysées Pothos (Epipremnum aureum Champs-Élysées) may look like Neon Pothos at first glance. But give it a closer look and you'll see it has crests (or "gills") on the underside of each leaf. We've found the more mature the plant, the more texture the leaves have underneath. Like other Pothos varieties, the foliage will get larger if the plant is allowed to climb in a warm, bright spot.  

Baltic Blue Pothos

This clone of Epipremnum pinnatum bears dark green leaves that develop a blue cast to them as they mature. Like other clones of E. pinnatum, this selection readily produces fenestrations (monstera-like cuts in the leaves) if grown in a warm, bright place. Note: Baltic Blue pothos has green foliage with a blue tint, and should not be confused with Cebu Blue, which has silvery blue-green leaves.

Cebu Blue Pothos

Here’s one for the plant collectors! This pothos (Epipremnum pinnatum ‘Cebu Blue’) doesn’t show off variegation on its arrow-shaped blue-green leaves. The foliage often has a bit of a metallic sheen, making it distinct from other pothos types. While the young leaves are vague arrow-shaped, Cebu Blue pothos can produce large, blue-green leaves with natural splits, much like a Monstera. It takes time for the plant to mature and warm, bright conditions to develop this adult-type leaf.

Albo Pothos

An exceptionally stunning variety, Albo Pothos (Epipremnum pinnatum Albo-Variegata) is a white-variegated selection that features long, narrow leaves that develop eye-catching Monstera-like cuts and fenestrations as it matures. Like other pinnatum varieties, it most quickly develops this more mature leaf style if it's allowed to climb vertically. As with other white-variegated Pothos varieties, the more variegation a plant has, the slower it will grow (but the more pleasing to the eye). 

Sunburst Pothos

When it's young, Sunburst Pothos (Epipremnum pinnatum Sunburst) may look like a regular Golden Pothos (though you should notice the leaves are skinnier and less heart-shaped). But let it climb and you'll soon see the difference. Like most other Epipremnum pinnatum varieties, the leaves form cuts and fenestrations. It's a fast-growing plant that loves to climb --- and quickly becomes a focal point in any plant collection.  

Fun fact: There are several other gold-variegated forms of Epipremnum pinnatum. Of the varieties we've tested, we've found Sunburst to be among the most stable and consistently sport the best variegation. 

Skeleton Key Pothos

Skeleton Key (Epipremnum pinnatum Skeleton Key) may not look like much when it's immature, but get it up and growing and you'll find it's uniquely different from all other Epipremnum varieties as it develops its mature foliage. Each leaf grows a long, narrow tip --- making it look a bit like a key with a broader base. While we grow immature plants to fit in our smaller hanging baskets, you can get it to develop its characteristic foliage fairly quickly by growing it vertically up a pole or wall. 

Silver Streak Pothos

Silver Streak Pothos (Epipremnum amplissimum) is a distinctive and hard-to-find cousin of the more common Epipremnum aureum varieties. This exceptional plant bears long, skinny dark green foliage decorated with streaks of silver. While it has a totally different look than what you might be used to from the Epipremnum family, it's just as easy to grow as its kin. This makes it an excellent choice for first-time plant parents as well as experienced collectors.