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Field Guide · Epipremnum
The leaves don't split because the plant is old. They split because it finally believes it's climbing a tree.
The plant the genus is built around, ranging across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Juvenile leaves are narrow, glossy, and undivided; mature foliage on a thick post becomes deeply pinnate with elliptical fenestrations along the midrib. Give it a 6-inch wide moss or cork pole and it will rewrite itself within two years. Don't confuse it with Rhaphidophora decursiva, which it superficially resembles but is unrelated.
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