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Originally Posted by Gabe15
. . . . . . . .. Although the one under the table isnʻt Monstera deliciosa, Im pretty sure its a pothos vine, but i didnt look closely.
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Gabe, the name you quoted is more appropriate for that vine than what I called it, for accuracy sake. I was unfamiliar with the various sub-classes of the Araceae family. When I called it M.D., I was alluding to my experience in the Philippines when I was 9 or 10 years old and I planted several cuttings of this "Water Plant" (pothos) in the ground alongside our house. After a year or so, the vines had grown 18" leaves and were climbing up the walls of the house, blooming and fruiting. Until college, I didn't even know that "Monstera" was a scientific name for a plant that resembled it. But since it looked so much like my plants, I thought they were one and the same. Evidently, I wasn't so far off. In fact if you look at this link, they even say they are synonymous:
http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/E/Epipremnum_pinnatum.asp
The enclosed photo even confirms my memory of my plants. They looked exactly like it.
In Dave's Garden forum, they have some considerable discussion about the impropriety or propriety of the name of this plant, or it's various forms.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/476583/
Suffice it to say, that if magicgreen wants a variegated climbing plant, whether it's a pothos vine or a Monstera Deliciosa, he'll have it.