Philodendron or pothos?

[vistajpdf]

Hi there,

When I bought my "pothos" awhile ago, I thought I knew what I was buying. When my veiled got sick, I reexamined the enclosure and everything else and began to wonder if the pothos was actually a philodendron. I need to add live vegetation to the enclosure so I was looking online at telling the difference between the two. It said that if there is white veining through the leaves, it's a pothos. Is that true? That's what mine has. My humidity is low since removing the plant and want to get it back up. Seeing your photos on enclosures being so lush, I know I need some live plants in there.

Please advise,
Dana

 

[Decadancin]

This is a link to my golden pothos that I just put in Zaphod's enclosure. There are two common types of pothos available (also called devil's ivy) but both have the same leaf type. https://www.chameleonforums.com/golden-pothos-101158/#post930391 Hope this helps .

 

[vistajpdf]

Thanks. So you agree that the ones with the white striations are definitely pothos?

 

[Bug Trader]

There are a few varieties of pothos, most do have white to yellow markings on the leaves and stem but you also find this in philodendron heart leaf which is mistaken for pothos all the time.

 

[vistajpdf]

Hmmm, upsetting as I certainly don't want to put a philodendron in there. Any way to be sure?