I have no green thumb, and only this one plant. I instantly fell in love with him in a store and bought him. He was healthy then, but I am killing him, I think. I don't know what kind of a plant he is so online I found a Golden Pothos Plant that looks a lot like my plant, except that mine has long "tendrils" that hang down. But, the leaves and the top of my plant look just like the one in the picture. His leaves are getting holes and "tears" that are brown on the edges. His leaves are falling off and leaving brown "stubs" down by the base. His name is Henry, please help him!
Could you possibly post a pic? Many of this forum members are top notch in knowing their plants and can probably tell you what plant you have by the description, but it would be helpful to see what the damage/problems are in a pic and help those of us not so good to try to help you also. Best of luck with Henry; I've got a few named, too!
definitely post a pic!! it really is helpful to actually see the plant. your description is wonderful...still, based on one of your comments, i'm thinking what you have is not a pothos and i'd need to see a pic to be sure.
Looks like you have a pothos. The tendril you are referring to are either the vines themselves or they could be aerial roots. Do you have a cat or is the plant in a high traffic area? That could account fo rthe tears in the leaves. On mine the voines tend to drop some older leaves as the plant ages, totally natural and harmless as far as i can tell. You can always cut the vines back and the plant will send out new leaves and vines. If you want you can stick the old vines in water and root them and make a new plant or plant them back in with the original pot to make it fuller.
thanks for the pics. i'm still not sure pothos/philodendron. the pic of the whole plant looks pothos. that closeup of the leaf looks just like the philodendron leaves i've got going on my plant. none of the largest leaves on the pothos look like that. i dunno, maybe the golden pothos is the juvenile form of the philodendron i have? steve (photopro) will have to answer that one! lol anyhoo. regardless of whether it's a pothos or a phil, they're both treated the same. they like to grow UP, so putting something in the planter so that it can grow up/around it would be good - and you'll see the leaves filling in the bare spots on the vines after you do that, too. when left to hang down and vine, they tend to lose their leaves. there are various things to use. right now, i just have a metal post thats really supposed to be used for supporting tall flowering bulbs (tulips, glads, etc) in the pot. i had to do some shopping to find something more appropriate. i ended up getting a bamboo trellis (really made for use with orchids) that i'll be adding in when i repot. you can also use those blocks of wood with the bark on them and there is a company (online) that sells totems to use with these types of plants. even just a piece or two of 1x1 board would do (if you use that, make sure you use untreated lumber). i've seen some of the same breakage on the leaves. i DO have a cat - he couldn't get to the pothos, i don't think, so i'm sure it was me that caused the damage (moving other plants that were in front of it). i've since moved it to a room he doesn't have access to, so no worries about it now - except from me, lol! i wouldn't worry about yours either - the rest of the leaf looks okay, so leave it on until/if it starts totally browning up. if that happens, just pinch it off. the soil should be something that drains well - i use a mix of plain potting soil and cactus mix. and i have it in a pot with drainage holes. watering should be thorough (until water starts coming out the bottom) and should be done when the top of the soil is dry about an inch down (which is usually 8-10 days. could be more often in the summer - especially if you put it outside. sun requirements are bright indirect light. being in full sunlight will scorch the leaves - although, an hour of full morning sun wouldn't be that bad. yours is showing a very nice variegation in the leaves so i think it's getting proper light where it is. (they lose the variegation when they don't have enough light).
Two main reasons i feel that this is a pothos is because of how the leaf is not symmetrical from side to side, with one side being larger than the other, and because of the .....leaf scars? ... that i see on the old leaves. This is where the new leaf develops and grows and eventually grows out of this portion of the old leaf. On phillys there usually isint this scar on the old leaf that i know of. the new leaf develops and instead has a papery sheath that falls free of the leaf when it grows. i could of course be wrong. Hopefully photopro will see this and add his .02
The species is undoubtedly Epipremnum aureum. The common name is Pothos and it received that common name due to an attempt in botany to give it that scientific name many years ago. There is a good discussion on the species here on this forum: http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=36087 &highlight=epipremnum+aureum A second discussion is here: http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=21256&highlight=epipremnum+aureum
