Not a pothos at all. Scindapsus is a genus of about thirty-six climbing aroids native to tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific, from India and Bangladesh through Southeast Asia to New Guinea (Plants of the World Online, n.d.). The one almost everyone grows is Scindapsus pictus, the satin or silver pothos, with matte, heart-shaped leaves flecked and splashed in silver.

A useful clarification. The common name is misleading. Scindapsus is a separate genus from the true pothos, Epipremnum, and from Philodendron, even though the three look alike and get muddled constantly. It matters because a lot of pothos advice is written for a different plant; the satin pothos has its own, slightly more particular preferences.

A climber by nature. In the wild these are root-climbers, hauling themselves up tree trunks by clinging roots, and their leaves grow larger and more heavily silvered as they climb. Indoors they will trail happily from a shelf, but give one a moss pole and it shows you a bigger, brighter version of itself.

Light. Bright, indirect light is the sweet spot: it drives steady growth and brings out the strongest silver. The plant tolerates medium light, but low light mutes the variegation toward plain green and stretches the growth. Keep direct midday sun off the matte leaves, which it bleaches.

Water. This is a forgiving, semi-drought-tolerant plant that resents a wet pot far more than a dry one. Let the top inch or two of mix dry, then water thoroughly and let it drain. Yellow leaves usually mean it has been kept too wet; curling or crisping means it went too dry. Ease off through the darker winter months.

Humidity, support and habit. It takes ordinary room humidity, though moderate-to-high air deepens the silver. As a climber it can be trained up a moss pole for bigger, more silvered mature leaves, or left to cascade from a basket for a fuller, smaller-leaved look. Growth is unhurried, so pinch the tips now and then to keep it bushy.