Silver Satin Pothos Live Plant Cutting

Scindapsus pictus

Bring home a striking tropical houseplant known for velvety green foliage decorated with shimmering silver markings.

Commonly called Silver Satin Pothos or Satin Pothos, Scindapsus pictus is a trailing tropical plant that looks beautiful in hanging baskets, on shelves, or cascading from decorative planters.

Although commonly called a pothos, this plant belongs to the Scindapsus genus rather than the Epipremnum genus of true pothos plants.

Each cutting is freshly harvested from a healthy mother plant grown at our Blue Ridge Mountain homestead and carefully prepared for shipment.

What You Will Receive

• One fresh, unrooted Silver Satin Pothos cutting

• Approximately 4–6 inches long

• At least one viable node for propagation

• Moisture-protective packaging for transit

This listing is for an unrooted plant cutting—not an established, rooted plant.

Because each cutting is naturally grown and individually harvested, its size, leaf count, silver patterning, shape, and overall appearance may vary from the listing photographs.

Why Gardeners Love Silver Satin Pothos

• Velvety green foliage with natural silver markings

• Elegant trailing or climbing growth

• Suitable for hanging baskets, shelves, and elevated planters

• Adaptable to many indoor growing environments

• Generally easy to propagate under suitable conditions

• Appropriate for both beginning and experienced houseplant growers

The amount and pattern of silver coloring vary naturally between leaves and cuttings. Light, maturity, and growing conditions may also affect the plant’s appearance. A particular silver pattern or amount of variegation cannot be guaranteed.

Care Information

Botanical Name: Scindapsus pictus

Common Names: Silver Satin Pothos, Satin Pothos

Plant Type: Tropical trailing or climbing houseplant

Light Requirements: Bright, indirect light

Water Requirements: Allow the upper portion of the growing medium to begin drying between waterings

Humidity: Average household humidity is generally suitable; moderately increased humidity may encourage growth

Growth Habit: Trailing or climbing vine

Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, which can damage foliage. Growth rate, leaf size, and silver patterning depend on light, temperature, humidity, growing medium, nutrition, and ongoing care.

Rooting Your Cutting

The cutting must include at least one node because roots develop from the node rather than from the leaf itself.

Your cutting may be rooted in:

• Water

• Moist, well-draining potting mix

• Sphagnum moss

• An appropriate propagation medium

Place the node in contact with water or the selected rooting medium while keeping the leaf above the surface. Provide warmth and bright, indirect light while roots begin to develop.

Root development often begins within several weeks under suitable conditions, but timing varies and cannot be guaranteed.

Important: Care Immediately After Delivery

Please unpack your cutting immediately after delivery and remove all shipping materials.

Place the lower portion of the stem in clean, room-temperature water for a minimum of 48 hours. Keep all leaves above the waterline, with only the lower stem and at least one propagation node in the water.

This recovery period allows the cutting to rehydrate and recover from normal shipping stress before rooting begins.

During the recovery period:

• Keep the cutting in bright, indirect light

• Keep it away from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures

• Replace the water if it becomes cloudy

• Do not add fertilizer

• Do not allow any leaves to remain submerged

Temporary wilting or softness can occur after shipping and does not necessarily indicate that the cutting is damaged.

Rooting Your Cutting

After the initial 48-hour recovery period, continue rooting the cutting using one of these methods:

• Keep the stem and propagation node in clean water

• Place the stem and propagation node into a pre-soaked rockwool cube supplied with water

Keep the leaves above the waterline and do not allow the rockwool cube to dry out. Provide bright, indirect light while roots develop.

Do not transfer the cutting into soil immediately after delivery.

Allow the cutting to remain in water or water-supplied rockwool until several healthy roots have developed and the roots are at least two inches long. Once the roots reach that length, the cutting may be transplanted into an appropriate potting mix.

Rooting time varies according to the plant variety, temperature, light, water quality, and other growing conditions.

Important Safety Information

Scindapsus pictus contains insoluble calcium oxalate crystals and can cause irritation if chewed or swallowed.

Keep this plant out of reach of children, dogs, cats, and other animals. This plant is sold for ornamental growing purposes and is not intended for human or animal consumption.

Important Information About Live Cuttings

This product is a living, unrooted plant cutting. Successful rooting and future plant growth depend on shipping conditions, temperature, handling, propagation method, moisture, light, climate, and ongoing care.

We carefully select and package each cutting, but rooting success and future plant performance cannot be guaranteed.

Please unpack and inspect your cutting promptly after delivery, then place it into water or another appropriate propagation medium.

If The Robertson Rottie Ranch makes an error with your order or is unable to fulfill it, we will address the issue in accordance with our Return & Refund Policy.

Shipping

Live plant orders are generally processed within 1–5 business days and normally ship Monday through Wednesday to reduce the likelihood of weekend carrier delays.

Your cutting will be wrapped with moisture-protective materials and carefully packaged for transit. Tracking information will be provided when your order ships.

Live cuttings are available for purchase only when we are actively accepting and fulfilling plant orders. If seasonal temperatures or severe weather require us to pause live-plant shipping, this listing will be marked unavailable until ordering resumes.

Customers are responsible for confirming that this plant can legally be shipped to and grown at their destination.

From Our Homestead to Yours

This cutting is grown and freshly harvested by Mountain Moon Apothecary, the botanical and herb-growing line of The Robertson Rottie Ranch, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Thank you for supporting our family homestead and small business.