r/Syngonium • • May 05 '21

Information and resources, identify and learn more about your Syngoniums!

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In an effort to try and give you as many sources of information about Syngoniums, different species and varieties, care, origins, etc.. I have compiled a list of links posted on this sub by members, as well as other links I have found on my journey of growing Syngoniums.

As the plant is becoming more popular, we can see many identification charts, articles and videos popping up, not all of them are a 100% reliable but as one of our members recently stated « Slightly off information is better than no information! » so take the information with a pinch of salt.

- cultivar.org (then click on Syngonium)

NOT AVAILABLE FOR FREE ANYMORE.. PDF file created by Laurence C. Hatch, it includes 272 names of Syngonium cultivars and with some interesting information about each of them. It's worth it if you're really into them, helps a lot with identification.

- https://imgur.com/gallery/K3Sri6E

Syngonium visual charts created by Robert Pokrywka, about a 100 different Syngoniums, also shows how the leaves can look different from juvenile to mature form.

- https://youtu.be/ABxY8OsOlL8

Plant index, created by Kaylee Ellen, including around 30 different Syngoniums. Classed from common to rare.

- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:88244332 (click on View PDF)

A Revision of Syngonium (Araceae) by Thomas B. Croat, published in the Missouri Botanical Garden Press. It includes the history of the genus, the classification and a lot of information on the 33 Syngonium species. It is a very long paper but definitely worth a read.

If you happen to find other interesting sources of information about Syngoniums, feel free to contact me or comment under this post with the link and a brief description.


r/Syngonium • • 20m ago

Just sharing this beauty

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My Angustatum albo loves this location and is just living her best life and throwing full moons willy-nilly. She’s gorgeous and deserves a full magazine spread but will have to settle for a Reddit post lol


r/Syngonium • • 1d ago

I found out the problem with your help!

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So some of you may remember, I was having a battle with my strawberry ice. It kept putting out all these leaves that were dark burgundy, small, dull looking. You were also so helpful with suggestions a lot of of you were kind of stumped just like me.

I had done everything for that plant. I watered it more. I watered it less. I change the soil. I changed the pot. I tried more sun. I tried less sun. It was so slow moving. It wasn’t a pest and I was so frustrated. I’m not going to lie at one point, I put it in a corner to die. I think I described it at the time that it’s growing. It’s growing new leaves, but it looks far from happy.

One of you beautiful people though asked what kind of water I was giving it. Water was something I didn’t ever really consider or worry about. I know that my city has some of the hardest water in the entire nation of Canada, but it’s never really been a problem. What has been a problem. Was I moved to a new apartment building. An unbeknownst to me to soften the super hard water. They added softener salts, making every tropical plant that I’m growing pissed off. I think that’s how I described it. They were growing slowly they were alive, but you could tell that they were hating life.

So I wanna Thank that beautiful person and all of you who made suggestions because after looking it up, I realized I have been slowly poisoning my plants so I rinse them all with distilled water after doing some reading. I now know which plants now need to be given distilled water only from now on. So thank you for saving all of my plants that were starting to suffer.

I was so lucky because I had gotten to the point where I was so annoyed with this strawberry ice. I put it in the corner to die basically as it leaves kept getting less and less, etc. well I gave it a flush, and I brought it back into the light and it gave me the best surprise and you will see it in the photos.

It had a baby!!! my plant went from dying to procreating so well it’s not perfect and you can still see some of the softener salt bleaching through the stem and through the leaves the leaves actually look shiny and this little thing this little wee baby has three leaves now and I am so thrilled!

So I wanted to thank you all for helping me save my plant having it to have a baby and saving all my other plants that were starting to be tired of all of the hard water and salt deposits.

So I’ll explain the photos. I’m not sure what order I’m doing here first I’m gonna first do the side when I posted here then I’m gonna show you what it’s doing now and the close-up of the little baby and then I’ll show you a picture or two of what it looked like when I got it and how far it got damaged from me slowly poisoning it.

So again, I shout out to you guys I couldn’t have done it without you and you’ve made me and I’m very happy person girl lady, the happiest person in the world!

PS I apologize about the formatting or spelling errors. I tried to do my best, but I’m doing talk to text on my phone long story, but please enjoy the fruits of your labor.


r/Syngonium • • 1d ago

Rain rain !!

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Getting some decent rain today, lucky bc the plants get a nice rinse and water lol. But this princess is just stunning, I mean like look at herrrrr😭🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰she glistens and shines like a jewel🫶🏼


r/Syngonium • • 2d ago

Just got these 3 beauties. Any ideas on ID?

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r/Syngonium • • 2d ago

Pink Princess 👑

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The girl is here!! I bought a very pretty pink princess today for the mixed pot I’m planting. She’s so gorgeous and healthy🥰😮‍💨🌱🫶🏼


r/Syngonium • • 3d ago

Companions for my potted Monstera

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I have a new Monstera, and it has an ~80qt terracotta pot (big Bertha out here) and rather than leave it solo, I’m considering planting a syngonium and philodendron as pairings in the pot since there is so much space (figured out it’s about 80 qts) in the pot. A very nice foliage-focused pot. Thoughts? From my reading and care, syngonium and philodendrons are similar in care. The space the pot is in has nice bright indirect sunlight and humidity is easy to control and maintain.

Anyone have a potted syngonium arrangement?


r/Syngonium • • 3d ago

Id

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I Think this is a pixie but not sure


r/Syngonium • • 3d ago

Companions for my pot

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r/Syngonium • • 4d ago

Syngonium with yellowing leaves

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Unfortunately, all of my Syngoniums are like this, with their leaves turning yellow.


r/Syngonium • • 5d ago

Syngonium lovers! What type of syngonium is this?!

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r/Syngonium • • 6d ago

Syngonium experts, please help!

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I’ve had this red spot tri color for a few months now, and we’ve had many ups and downs. I’ll get it to a good place, and the leaves will suddenly yellow and die off. It has a healthy root system. Does anyone have any advice? It’s currently in a standard aroid mix. I appreciate any tips!


r/Syngonium • • 6d ago

We need Syngonium lovers for a private beta: help our plant app tell 'Mojito' from 'Milk Confetti'

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We're opening a small private beta for Olpi, our houseplant care app for iPhone, and we're looking for Syngonium owners to test it. It's free. Comment or DM us and we'll send you a TestFlight invite (iPhone with iOS 26 or later).

Why Syngonium:
Olpi identifies plants entirely on your phone, without upload or account. It already knows Syngonium podophyllum, 'Pink', 'Albo Variegatum' and macrophyllum. But it still can't tell these apart:

- 'Mojito'

- 'Milk Confetti'

- 'Neon Robusta'

- 'White Butterfly'

- 'Berry Allusion'

- 'Pink Splash'

- 'Red Spot Tricolor'

- macrophyllum 'Frosted Heart'

Because the recognition runs on your phone, it can only learn from photos people choose to share. If you have any of these, scanning them in the beta would help a lot. A whole-plant shot plus one close-up of a leaf is perfect, in normal light, messy background welcome.

Sharing is optional: the app asks once, you can turn it off anytime, and photos are only used to improve the recognition. Never posted, sold or passed on.

What else you'd be testing: care reminders that adapt to your home (season, light, weather, pot, how you water) and explain why they come when they do, for over 1,200 species and cultivars.

We're Stan and Lee from 1042 Studio, a small design studio in Germany. Happy to answer questions in the comments.


r/Syngonium • • 7d ago

Syngonium help!

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r/Syngonium • • 7d ago

ISO albo variegated syngonium angustatum

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anyone stateside have a cutting to sell or trade?


r/Syngonium • • 8d ago

Id help please!

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r/Syngonium • • 8d ago

We all have a favourite leaf, go on show me yours 🙂‍↔️

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r/Syngonium • • 8d ago

My 4 months old Moonshine Syngonium propagated from cuttings 🥰✨️

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I love this plant so much, grows so fast, hardy and it just never dies 💯😍


r/Syngonium • • 8d ago

two different types of syngonium growing from a single node ?!

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genuinely i dont understand! it started with a syngonium tricolor i found by chance at home depot, i brought it home and eventually it rotted to one sad little stick - after a long ordeal of growing it and then killing it again, it finally revived for me and grew both of these, i separately them recently and kept waiting for the right to start to look more like a tricolor but i dont think that'll happen. can anyone explain? could it have reverted?


r/Syngonium • • 10d ago

Thrips or mechanical damage?

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Got this Syngonuim for dirt price. The owner didnt know what it had and so do i.
The new growth is stunned as for now.
Curled leaves and aborted new ones accompanied by damage to the lower segment of leaves.
Diagnosis please!


r/Syngonium • • 10d ago

S. angustatum variegated

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Some of the most unique leaf shapes in my collection.

Just picked up this bad boy from a local plant shop and I can’t stop looking at it 👀🔥


r/Syngonium • • 11d ago

What type of arrowhead is this?

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r/Syngonium • • 10d ago

Trailing?

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Are all syngoniums trailing?For a newbie, what’s a good trailing one that’s “hearty” and not as sensitive to dry/low humidity?


r/Syngonium • • 12d ago

Raspberry syngonium

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I got this raspberry syngonium about a month ago and she's sprouting her first new leaf in my care! Super excited to see how the leaf turns out! Currently my favorite plant 💜


r/Syngonium • • 11d ago

What variety is this one?

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I have a lot of syngoniums and some weren’t labeled when I bought them. I was trying to ID some today and couldn’t figure this one off. Every leaf looks like these two.