Jessenia Pothos Plant Care

Here is one extremely low-maintenance, easy-to-grow, and recommended vining plant, especially for beginners. This variegated plant from Pothos is surely easy to maintain and requires less attention than any usual plant.

Jessenia Pothos

This beautiful trailing vine that can almost adjust to any temperature and lighting originated in French Polynesia. Lime green, with heart-shaped leaves, and at many times a slow grower, this plant couldn’t be expected to flower when planted indoors.

Though this plant adapts to lighting, and temperatures, and gives you less of a worry. It still needs proper care treatment to be able to survive and give you its beautiful lime green variegation

How to Identify Jessenia Pothos Plants

To identify this pothos plant, not to get confused with other pothos varieties, you can look at the following characteristics:

  • The Jessenia pothos have waxy, heart-shaped leaves.

  • The limey green variegation stands out and is lightly streaked.

  • It has long trailing vines that look beautiful, displayed in hanging baskets.

Many people mistake this pothos plant for the Marble Queen Pothos, which has a lighter cream-colored marble effect with finer streaks on the foliage. Sometimes the Jessenia is also confused with the Golden Pothos with green leaves and creamy gold streaks.

The pothos plants mentioned have variegated leaves and belong to the pothos family.

Jessenia Pothos Care

Jessenia Pothos can be considered the rarest type of Pothos. It’s low-maintenance, so it can forgive a little negligence.

But this rare Pothos can bid your collection goodbye if not given the little attention it needs. Below are the required information and essential care tips you need to know to grow your own Jessenia

Pothos plants. So to master the growth of your Pothos, here are the basics!

Jessenia pothos care card

Best Potting Mix

potting mix

For your Jessenia pothos, pure potting soil that is evenly moist is essential. It provides the support that allows the plant to remain erect. It is also the medium through which your plant collects water and nutrients. As a result, selecting the proper type of soil is critical in pothos maintenance.

Luckily, Jessenia Pothos is not that picky regarding its soil. Nevertheless, use fertile soil with good drainage if you want it to grow appropriately and healthily. Of course, this plant can also grow using regular garden soil, but adding perlite will enhance the drainage property of the soil.

Adding organic compost or vermicompost/wormcast to your soil mix can help accelerate your plant’s growth. So most importantly, provide your hardy plant with moist soil and prevent soil compaction. Also, ensure it is a well-draining soil mix, as these plants thrive on tropical rainforest trees.

Watering Epipremnum aureum Jessenia

Watering Jessenia Pothos is easy, and it’s not much hard work as it does not need consistent watering. But this doesn’t mean you’ll not put extra effort into it.

This plant doesn’t require regular watering sessions as they are somewhat drought-tolerant. You can notice immediately when the plant is dried because its leaves will droop, giving it a dull appearance and turning to deep green leaves.

You don’t want your plant to lose its brightness and beauty. To prevent that, remember that the Jessenia plant doesn’t enjoy wet feet. Like other plants, they don’t like being overwatered as it can lead to root rot. As a result, it’s best not to water it too much or too often.

Waterlogging can also be avoided by planting it in well-draining soil evenly moist and using a container with enough drainage holes. Allow excess water to drain from the pot’s drainage holes.

Lighting Condition

plant lighting requirement

The Jessenia plant light requirement is medium to bright, indirect light. Your plant needs enough light to maintain the variegation of its leaves shiny and proper. This plant can thrive in low-light conditions. Nonetheless, too little light might cause the loss of the variegated leaves.

The perfect spot for your plant in an indoor space is an east-facing or a north-facing window. Yet, be careful not to expose your plant to direct sunlight for an extended time. Too much sunlight will cause leaf burn and scorched leaves.

Temperature & Humidity

misting plant

There’s a wide range of temperatures that this plant can withstand. Placing it in an area where the temperature range is above 50 °F and below 90 °F will surely make your plant happy. This plant doesn’t like too high or too low temperatures.

Remember that this plant is not tolerant to frost or cold weather conditions and might die if you place it in an area below 50 °F. Planting it outside is only wise if you live in USDA zones 10 and 11 or stay in tropical regions.

Jessenia can survive in both low and high humidity levels. However, under higher humidity levels, the plant thrives. This plant thrives in both wet and dry environments.

As a result, no matter where you live, you can cultivate this plant happily. Misting once or twice a week can also help keep the air moist. You can also get a humidifier if that’s what you prefer.

Fertilizer 

Jessenia Pothos are light feeders. The quantity of fertilizer that you need to apply depends on the potting soil that you’re using. If your potting soil already has a fertilizer included in it, avoid feeding it until the dosage runs out. If it doesn’t have any fertilizer included, you need to feed it yourself.

Applying a balanced liquid houseplant fertilizer every month during the growing season will ensure your plant’s growth. As we always know, too much is bad. See to it that you’re not overfeeding your plant for plant food leaves salt, and if it builds up, it can cause your plant’s leaves or roots to burn.

How to Propagate Jessenia Pothos Plant

water propagation

Pothos plants can easily be propagated when you root the stem cutting, making it a perfect plant to gift to family and friends. The best time to do this is in spring and summer.

Another essential thing to remember is that when you root your Jessenia pothos, ensure each stem cutting has at least one node along the stem. So, you cannot propagate just a leaf with a petiole. To make things simpler for you, please keep reading.

Propagate Jessenia Pothos Plants With Stem Cuttings

  1. With clean gardening tools, pruners take stem cuttings from a plant with healthy growth. The cutting should have at least two to four nodes and leaves.

  2. Remove the bottom leaves to leave the stem bare.

  3. Prepare a glass jar with some water, as you will not use a soil mixture, and place the cutting with a bare stem submerged with the remaining leaves at the top above the water surface.

  4. Place the glass in a spot to receive bright indirect light and freshen up the water once a week.

After a few weeks, new roots will grow from the submerged nodes along the stem cuttings. Plant the roots in well-drained soil once the roots reach two to three inches long.

Ensure the newly planted cuttings do not get inadequate watering by checking the soil daily. Place the container in indirect sunlight for the first two weeks to start roots growing and forming a root ball.

Doing this helps cuttings acclimate to the new soil conditions.

Potting

Potting and Repotting Jessenia Pothos

When it comes to Jessenia pothos care, you can use any pot but ensure it has enough drainage holes. A drainage hole is essential because it allows the excess water to drain so the soil doesn’t become waterlogged.

Clay pots make the soil dry quickly, so it needs frequent watering.

On the other hand, plastic pots keep more moisture, so you don’t need to water them often. But you still need to check it often. Because this outdoor plant produces long vines, providing it with some support is better. A hanging basket is another best option too.

Repot in a one to two-inch larger container whenever you notice root-bound symptoms.

Pothos Epipremnum Growth Zone

The Epipremnum aureum Jessenia pothos grows more slowly than the Golden Pothos or Cebu Blue Pothos. This trailing leaf vine can grow up to 30 feet in the wild, while it grows 10 feet if grown as an indoor plant.

Pothos Varieties

One particular plant that is similar and always mistaken as Jessenia Pothos is the Marble Queen Pothos. Though there are a lot of beautiful pothos varieties, you may choose to partner with your Jessenia Pothos, or you may add to your collection of Pothos such as:

Golden Pothos

golden pothos

Neon Pothos

golden pothos

Pearls and Jade Pothos

pearl and jade pothos

Marble Queen Pothos

marble queen pothos

Manjula Pothos

Jessenia Pothos Jessenia Pothos Plant @Danjones terrariumtribe.com

Common Problems With Jessenia Pothos

Caring for the Jessenia pothos plant most of the time is low maintenance and problem-free. Still, you can encounter some problems when growing them in your indoor living space. We recommend keeping an eye out for these common issues.

Yellow Leaves

If your pothos plants develop yellowing leaves, you can be facing several potential causes:

  • Overwatering

  • Underwatering

  • Lack of light

Yet, figuring out the cause can be difficult, and you must look at each one to determine the culprit. Look to see if the soil is overly wet or too dry. For the right light conditions, it helps to remember that pothos plants grow along the forest floor and need bright indirect light.

So, place your pothos plants at a window a few feet away.

Brown Leaves

When your Epipremnum aureum has brown leaves, your plants suffer from underwatering, and best to feel the soil and water them.

Stunted Growth

The Jessenia pothos has variegated foliage and can grow slower than other varieties. The main cause of stunted growth is the lack of light. We recommend providing your plant with medium light for several hours, most of the day, to encourage healthy growth.

Frequently Asked Questions

The pothos plants rarely bloom indoors as the roots growing is not large enough to trigger the hormones needed for flower production. On the other hand, the plant needs to be about ten years before it can produce blooms.

As with most plants, you must keep an eye on the leaves. Your plants are happy if the foliage is glossy to green and looks perky. When they look wilted or turn brown, your plants need more watering, while yellow leaves result from overwatering leading to root rot.

The pothos plant has aerial roots that grab onto textured surfaces from a moss pole to a tree stump. Hence, these plants need to climb, but it depends on the species you have.

Pothos plants sweat, called guttation, manifesting from water dripping from the leaf margins. If your plants are sweating, the weather is very humid, or your plant is overwatered.

You only place pothos varieties in water when you propagate new roots, and best to transplant to a soil mix.

You can water your plant from the bottom or top, but most people prefer watering from the bottom, allowing the roots to get enough water but removing excess water when done to prevent root rot.

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