I have had a Pothos plant in my anole vivarium for about 9 months now. It gets way over watered and the stems have been getting some black / brown lines on them. I am very new to plants so I really don’t know anything really. I am upgrading my anoles vivarium to a new bio-active setup and I want to include Pothos as it is her favorite plant to hang out on the leaves. I am trying to decide where to attempt to propagate from the original plant or just by a new starter plant from the nursery. Here are the cuttings I took that I was going to put in some water to try and grow out roots. I don’t want to to put the old plant in the new setup as I don’t know if it has root rot and it is too full grown and I don’t know really if it is safe to take cuttings from.
Can anyone suggest with this black and brown on the stem, should I even bother with using them for propagate? Pretty much all the stems look like that on the original plant. I don’t want to introduce fungus or mold to my new set-up if that is what it is. Also the stems are kind of tough and plastic feeling too if that helps.
Last two photos are the obligatory picture of the original plant and my green Anole Fash and the new bio-active set-up I am working on. I want to add a few small rooted pathos cuttings to the hidden 3 inch pot in the top left corner and let it eventually vine down like I am trying to do with the spiderwort in the top middle and right.
by theskyisfalling1
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It looks normal to me. Mine, that just live in front of a window also get thet black brown on the edges. This is just how they age.
When pothos are rotting, the leaves get all gross and yellow and the stem and roots are mushy. Everything I’m seeing here looks pretty healthy.
Pothos are hardy as hell and you should have no problem rooting them to whatever you want as long as you maintain high humidity. If you were to stick them with that little nub inside some damp moss like you have in that last pic, it’ll likely take off. Pothos are the devil’s ivy and in the wild, happily grow up other trees and latch onto them for support.