SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM 'PIXIE'

ORIGIN:

Pothos Plants BV, Honselersdijk, the Netherlands, 1991 (Dutch trade register; unconfirmed)

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

An ultra-compact plant with small green and white leaves,¹ the white radiating abruptly from the veins into dark green.² Clump-forming with fine leaves in the 1993 trial, recorded as green and gray-green with silver veins.³

NOTES:

1. Boyce recommends it.⁵

2. Unconfirmed: Tissue culture perpetuates such dwarf variants easily, and several small white-centered clones circulate under the name.⁴ The Dutch trade database dates the name to 1991 for Pothos Plants BV of Honselersdijk, whose plant stands 20 to 30 cm tall.⁴

REFERENCES:

1. Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida — Syngonium 'Pixie'

2. Chen, J., McConnell, D.B. & Everitt, K.C. 2005. Cultural guidelines for commercial production of interiorscape Syngonium. University of Florida IFAS Extension ENH 993 / EP244

3. Henley, R.W. & Robinson, C.A. 1993. Nephthytis cultivars to know and grow. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 106: 343–347

4. Hatch, L.C. 2024. Houseplant Cultivars, Volume I, 2nd edition, Syngonium section (after the Report of the Syngonium Working Group, 2nd edition, 2023). Cultivar.org, Cary, North Carolina

5. Boyce, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. Araceae of Thailand: A Pictorial Guide to Indigenous and Cultivated Genera (Syngonium section)

Photo by Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida