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Scindapsus

21 plants

Scindapsus price ranking
UK prices
£10 median of 4 Verified prices
Most sold, last 90 days
Scindapsus pictus 'Mayari'

21 plants

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Scindapsus pictus 'Mayari'Mayari Satin PothosMiddle half £10 to £16£12Verified
Scindapsus pictus 'Argyraeus'Satin PothosLast sold 24 Aug 2026, another size 28 Aug 2026£8Limited data
Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica'Exotica Satin Pothos£9Verified
Scindapsus 'Silver Hero'Silver Hero Scindapsus£10Verified
Scindapsus treubii 'Moonlight' TricolourTricolour Moonlight ScindapsusLast sold 16 Aug 2026£13Limited data
Scindapsus pictus 'Silver Cloud'Silver Cloud Satin PothosLast sold 23 Aug 2026, another size 27 Sep 2026£11Limited data
Scindapsus 'Jade Satin' VariegatedVariegated Jade Satin£7Verified
Scindapsus 'Snake Scale'Snake Scale ScindapsusLast sold 26 Sep 2026£14Limited data
Scindapsus pictus 'Silvery Ann'Silvery Ann Satin PothosLast sold 6 Aug 2026£8Limited data
Scindapsus treubiiTreubii MoonlightLast sold 26 Sep 2026£22Limited data
Scindapsus 'Jade Satin'Jade Satin ScindapsusLast sold 24 Aug 2026£18Limited data
Scindapsus treubii 'Dark Form'Dark Form Treubii12cm pot, last sold 29 Sep 2026£19Limited data
Scindapsus lucensPolished Leaf ScindapsusLast sold 9 May 2026£22Limited data
Scindapsus treubii 'Moonlight Variegated'Variegated Moonlight ScindapsusLast sold 9 Sep 2026£15Limited data
Scindapsus treubii 'Moonlight' AlboAlbo Moonlight ScindapsusLast sold 10 Jun 2026£19Limited data
Scindapsus 'Snake Scale Tricolor'Snake Scale TricolorNo UK sales recorded yet£80 to £280Estimate
Scindapsus coriaceusCoriaceus ScindapsusNo UK sales recorded yet£25 to £80Estimate
Scindapsus officinalisMedicinal ScindapsusNo price yet
Scindapsus pictusSatin PothosNo price yet
Scindapsus pictus 'Tricolor'Tricolor Satin PothosNo price yet
Scindapsus treubii 'Sterling Silver'Sterling Silver TreubiiNo UK sales recorded yet£25 to £80Estimate

About Scindapsus

Scindapsus is a Southeast Asian genus of climbing aroids known for satin-textured, often silver-patterned foliage, distinct from the glossier leaves of Epipremnum it's frequently confused with in the trade. Scindapsus pictus and its named silver forms, and S. treubii's plain and 'Moonlight' colour lines, account for most of the genus in circulation.

Care notes

  • The silver sheen on Scindapsus pictus and treubii leaves is structural, from air pockets in the leaf's epidermis, not pigment; it's most pronounced under bright, indirect light and fades somewhat in low light.
  • Scindapsus tolerates lower humidity than most velvet-leaf aroids, but the variegated pictus forms (Exotica, Silver Cloud) generally grow slower and are more prone to leaf browning if allowed to dry out fully between waterings.
  • Chimeric variegated forms (Jade Satin Variegated, Snake Scale Tricolor, Moonlight Albo) must be propagated from a cutting taken at a visibly variegated node; cuttings from a reverted green section grow plain.

Questions

They're separate genera within Araceae; Scindapsus leaves have a distinctive matte, satin-textured surface with structural silver patterning, while Epipremnum (pothos) leaves are glossier with pigment-based variegation.

The silver sheen is structural (light interacting with the leaf's epidermis) rather than pigment, so it becomes less visible under lower light even though the plant itself isn't unhealthy.

It refers to a specific silver-green colour line of S. treubii, distinct from the plain species and the darker 'Sterling Silver'/dark-form selections; Albo and Tricolour Moonlight are further chimeric breaks from that same Moonlight line.

Like most chimeric variegation in aroids, the white or silver sectoring exists only in some of the plant's growing tissue; a cutting taken from a reverted, all-green section won't carry the variegation.