SCINDAPSUS 'PLATINUM'

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

Evenly silver, teardrop-shaped leaves without mottling or any other color, on a climbing, trailing plant.¹,² Costa Farms describes teardrop-shaped dark green leaves so heavily overlaid in silver that they appear to sparkle in bright light, and JOMO Studio large, almost heart-shaped soft green leaves completely enveloped in a frosty silver sheen.²,³

NOTES:

STATUS - A market name. Not yet accepted by the International Aroid Society. As of September 2026 the IAS Aroid Cultivar Registry holds no record of this name at all - neither accepted nor declined - and there is no plant patent. The name is recorded from nursery and trade sources and is not validly established.

1. Costa Farms sells the plant as Scindapsus Platinum Java, listed as Scindapsus sp. Platinum f. Java without a species name, and notes that it is occasionally confused with 'Silver Hero', a distinct cultivar; Steve's Leaves offers an 'Exotica Platinum' with larger, more intensely silvered heart-shaped leaves than 'Argyraeus'.¹,²,³,⁴

2. A Natural Curiosity describes shiny, waxy leaves that are more green than gray.⁵

REFERENCES:

1. Costa Farms plant finder: Scindapsus

2. Costa Farms plant finder: Platinum Scindapsus

3. JOMO Studio: The difference between Scindapsus varieties

4. Steve's Leaves: Scindapsus pictus 'Exotica Platinum'

5. A Natural Curiosity: For people who want to know more about Scindapsus

Photos by Costa Farms