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Why do people keep calling pothos leaves 'fenestrated' when they mean something else entirely?
Was at the plant swap in Portland last Saturday and three separate people pointed at a golden pothos and called the big leaves 'fenestrated.' Fenestration means actual holes or splits, like you see on a monstera deliciosa, not just a large heart shaped leaf. It matters because new growers go looking for a plant trait that isn't there, then think their pothos is sick when it never develops holes at all. Has anyone else run into this mix up at swaps or is it just my area?
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rowan_butler9326d ago
Words change meaning over time whether we like it or not, and "fenestrated" has basically become shorthand for "leaf with cool holes or cuts" in casual plant talk, so getting mad at swap people for using it loosely is a losing battle. Plus if a new grower sees a big pothos leaf and thinks holes are coming later, that is a pretty harmless mix up that a quick google search fixes, not some crisis that ruins the hobby. Honestly the bigger problem is plant people correcting each other at swaps instead of just letting folks enjoy their plants.
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