I know exactly how you feel, Kwie2011. When I stumbled up to that website, I think I suffered from sleep deprivation shortly thereafter, lol. I combed over as much of it as I could, trying to soak it all in. I was devastated when the original site stopped functioning. I thought all of Steve's knowledgeable information was lost to those of us online. You can't imagine how thrilled I was when I learned that the IAS had archived it. I'm always going back to read up on different sections whenever I get the chance. Seeing as how I live here in Arkansas, not too far from his "Exotic Rainforest," I plan on some day heading on up there to check it out for myself. As beautiful as the pictures are, I'm certain that they don't entirely do this place any justice. :)

Hmm, so a good totem substrate mostly means having a rough surface to grab onto? At least that's what I'm hoping. I started to make a PVC pipe-based totem that I was going to wrap with coco liner sheeting, but our local source dried up and the internet has the usual problems (large quantities/expensive shipping). I too am particularly fond of recycled tactics, though my wife may be drawing the line at old drip irrigation hoses! How wet/moist do you keep your totems themselves? Anything beyond misting the plant leaves themselves? Alan

Well said Tropicbreeze. Jay, P. hederaceum has been officially named scandens and oxycardium in past decades, so those names still linger today. Apparently the "original" species is now called hederaceum variety 'Oxycardium' as Tropicbreeze says. Notes on International Aroid Society's website describes an almost identical variety growing in the same range, differing only in having a slightly narrower, more pointed, and satiny, glossy leaf blade as a juvenile. I think this is hederaceum v. 'Micans', which is the erroneous name "Mica" you mentioned. I haven't seen the name "Mica" before, so a large wholesaler must have recently marketed v. 'Micans' with that name. Ignore the name "heartleaf', it's applied to so many of the hederaceum varieties that it's useless as an identifier. Epipremnum used to officially be Scindapsus, so the latter is still used in error. Epipremnum aureus v. 'Marble Queen' is available in two clones, one having large areas of bright white variegation on a dark green leaf, the other being much more striking with a nearly all-white leaf and scatterings of green. I hope we've made some sense out of some of the chaos of names. Russ

That looks like a Philodendron 'Congo Rojo' AKA: 'Red Congo'. The Philo Red Congo's leaves might slightly taper at the tips when they get older than yours. That also somewhat resembles a reverted 'Pink Princess' but the trunk is not pinkish. I have what I'm guessing to be a Philo Autumn which looks similar to yours and has more reddish and green in it than the Red Congo. I'll try to post of pic I took of a Red Congo when I can locate it. Possible Philo Autumn fastened to a homemade dual totem: ...found the Red Congo pic: