Jessamina Pothos
Scindapsus pictus 'Jessamina'
📖 About this plant
Jessamina Pothos (often called Silver Philodendron or Satin Pothos) features stunning heart-shaped leaves with an iridescent silvery-green sheen. Each leaf is uniquely marked with silver splashes and patterns, giving the plant a shimmering appearance in different lighting. It’s a prolific trailing vine that creates beautiful cascading displays in hanging baskets. The satiny leaf texture adds an elegant dimension to any indoor plant collection.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Medium to Bright Indirect Light
When top 2-3 cm of soil is dry
50-70%
18-30°C (65-85°F)
Well-draining potting mix with perlite, orchid bark, and peat moss
Balanced liquid fertilizer every 4-6 weeks during growing season
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands (cultivar)
- 📏 Max height
- 1.5-3 m (5-10 ft) trailing
- 📐 Spread
- 60-90 cm (2-3 ft)
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Rarely flowers indoors
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White spathe (rare)
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green leaves with silvery-green splashes and markings
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (5-10+ years indoors)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Fast
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, excessive drooling, and difficulty swallowing
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings in water or moist sphagnum moss; roots in 2-3 weeks
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, excessive drooling, and difficulty swallowing
Common issues
- Crispy leaf edges from low humidity
- leaf spots from overwatering
- leggy growth in low light
- spider mites in dry conditions
- slow growth in winter
💡 Care tips
- Provide higher humidity for best leaf color and growth.
- Group with other humidity-loving plants or use a pebble tray.
- The silver markings intensify in brighter indirect light.
- Prune regularly to encourage branching.
- This variety loves to climb — a moss pole will produce larger, more mature leaves.
