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Posted 3Y ago by @PeacefulBohoBby

GP v HP

What’s the difference between a Golden Pothos and Hawaiian Pothos? Because I be seeing the “variegated” golden Pothos w huge leaves, and some of y’all call it a Golden “variegated” pothos? I’m reallll confused here🙃🙃 & I forgot who I was talking to a couple of weeks ago, & she LOVED pothos plants like me🥲 I just can’t find her… #TexasGregGang #HTownPlantTown #CentralTexasGang
Side note: The pic is for attention, but that’s literally my face when I see a huge golden “variegated” Pothos, when I feel it should be a Hawaiian🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 HELPPP YALLLL!🥲🥴
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Side-by-side, golden on left, Hawaiian on right.
A golden pothos and Hawaiian pothos are different. Here is a great article showing the difference.

https://gardenforindoor.com/golden-pothos-vs-hawaiian-pothos/
Pothos that grow in nature are generally naturally much bigger than what we grow as houseplants. If you want to get bigger leaves, you can let your pothos climb to imitate that natural climbing effect. As the pothos grows upwards the leaves generally get bigger.
@AwesomePlants Thank you so much!! Now I just need to look at the stems of my Pothos, because… I’m questioning one of them and who they are😂🤣
@PeacefulBohoBby remind me tomorrow during daylight and I'll post some pics here and a video on my tiktok showing the differences in my Golden & Hawaiian cuttings. The golden was taken from a mature outdoor mother (in pic.) It had some leaves almost as big as my (large) hand.
I did a LOT of online digging when getting my Hawaiian cutting and what little info there is leads you to believe there is no difference. They're both considered Epipremnum Aureum.
@jaysjungle Today is here!! ⛅️ Don’t forget!! I wanna see the difference❤️ And she is beautiful!!!!!!!! I’m working on getting mine that big. And the information that I have looked up on the Hawaiian is very conflicting and confusing when it comes down to the knowledge of what I have on the Golden 😭 I actually need to SEE the difference, not read it
@PeacefulBohoBby thank you! I've been trying to find this post all day! I'm screenshotting it so I have your username. Lemme go work on something for you now!
@jaysjungle Thank youuuu!!!😩
This is my Hawaiian cutting, IMO they are wider and more paddle-shaped then the heart shaped golden.
@jaysjungle NOW I see exactly what to look for😭 That’s a very distinctive difference! Google only talked about the colors of the foliage; not once did it mention the width being different. Thank you so much!!!🥹
@PeacefulBohoBby so a lady in Hawaii who has a nursery sent me a video in response to my tiktok. She says they are the same, Epipremnum Aureum/Golden Pothos, they just grow so well there. She knows all the nurseries that sell them to the "mainland" and no matter what they're labeled, they're just golden pothos!
@jaysjungle & that makes sense because the look between both plants is just uncanny🥵 I definitely agree w that!