Devil's Ivy ( Epipremnum aureum )

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Copy of my post in a local gardening ( Darwin ) group.

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Everyone knows Devil's Ivy ( Epipremnum aureum ) and how this seemingly innocuous down south indoor bathroom climber turns into a Tarzan of the Jungle vine ( c/w those low hanging things for swinging through the jungle with the greatest of ease ) up here in our climate yeah ?

Well did y'all know the Top End has it's first cousin growing natively out in the moonson vine forests, and pretty well anywhere a Carpentaria palm grows natually, one can find Epipremnum amplissimum. So in the Top End around semi permanent spring fed creeks and riparian rainforest.

It is a terrific climbing native that doesn't ( so far ) seem to 'escape' into the back yard like its more vigorously growing pothos relation seems to.

And, unbeknownst to me, they flower with the same form as an Anthurium or an Elephant Ear does....a hooded outer with a single large stamen.

Many years ago I threw a single cutting into an old abandoned pond in my front yard and promptly forgot about it.....this plant has now crept out of this old pond and found 6 or 8 palm trunks to climb up and this wet ( now ) is flowering for the first time. I've not seen them flower in the wild although my son has out at Litchfield.

I think it prefers a shadier habitat than my Carpies lining the driveway that gets the afternoon sun.....be that as it may, other than a bit of sunburn, the plants have naturalised in my front yard.

So some pics of the Devils Ivy in my yard, and how vigorously they have colonised the place...haha....30' up the trees, vines hanging down, leaves over 2' long ( oh and a single plant not variegated, green leaves, no yellow whatsoever )....and the much more sedate native species in flower.




A non variagated  Epipremnum aureum


And the Top End native Epipremnum amplissimum.