I keep reading that many of the small aroids available for sale are plants with the juvenile leaf form, and the mature leaves are seldom seen in houseplants. It seems that they have to get much larger and grow upward, as they would in nature, before the mature leaves show themselves. At that point they can develop a beautiful form called "shingling", as I understand it. So, now I'm really interested in getting a plant to shingle, and I have lots of questions.
How do you get started? Do you start with a small plant in the final larger pot? Or wait until there's a medium plant starting to vine, then transplant it to a larger pot with some sort of support?
And of course, what plants will shingle? I'll need something on the smaller side, Monstera would be too much. I'm considering Scindapsus pictus (Satin "Pothos") or Philodendron hederaceum (Heartleaf Philodendron, maybe Brasil?), and am open to comments and suggestions.
What sort of pot, what sort of pole, what sort of soil? It's going to end up on the heavy side, I want to start with the right combination so I won't have to do a lot of moving/transplanting.
I'd love to see any photos of plants that are shingling, can you post any for me?
Any suggestions on how to get started--from scratch?
Thank you very much!
