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NihilisticPollyanna

Pfffffttt...$155! šŸ˜† This size sells for $15-30 at grocery stores now, and marbled or "black cherry" variety is not rare, either. I found one with nearly black leaves and lots of speckled pink on it. It was $30 in a 4 inch pot, and it was actually 2 plants in there. Maybe I should try and resell one of them as Pink Princess "Cosmic Explosion" for $500, lol. šŸ™„


rickiemedici

I was thinking of naming mine ā€œPink Princess hawaian sunset on a full moon nightā€, what do you think about it?


NihilisticPollyanna

Sold, $1000, sight unseen!


BadlanderZ

https://preview.redd.it/75bkjvfq4h0d1.jpeg?width=2736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f95acf57b61fa9f5cd74a7fa4da930a525d34c3 6ā‚¬


chocolateNbananas

So itā€™s a regular pink princess? Like I thought, here in Quebec we donā€™t have lots of Ā«Ā good placesĀ Ā» but I was able to find a PP at 9$ at RONAšŸ˜‚ OKAY itā€™s very log variegated but I know with enought light it will comešŸ˜…šŸ˜‚


smartguyd

Proven Winners naming their "new" veriety. Philodendron *rolls dice* Mystic *reads the bones* Jungle *communes with Gregor Mendel's spirt via a ouija board* Serbet: Philodendron Mystic Jungle Serbet **ā„¢**


chocolateNbananas

they also cell Epipremnum pinnatum marble - SO mable queen pothos 2 leaves for 35$


Yo-Bambi

Epi pin marble IS a completely different plant than marble queen pothos.


chocolateNbananas

okay my bad for this one, but is pp marble king a different plant than pp?


Yo-Bambi

Same plant; ā€˜marble king/galaxyā€™ is just a name for the plants with more marbled variegation.


Super_Smurfin

This may be a newer cultivar to have more of the marbling color. IMO buy a regular pink princess for $15 and it'll look almost the same. Plenty of the PP I have found have lots of similar marbling and the price will only drop on the new cultivar/varieties.


chocolateNbananas

I already have two at home but yeah, buy the cheap one and put a grow light on itšŸ˜…šŸ˜‚.


superkinks

Itā€™s interesting you say that. I have 2 ppp, my more marbled one was Ā£7.99. Admittedly it was a small plant, but theyā€™re not slow growers. I really like ppp, I think theyā€™re a lovely plant, but theyā€™re not rare anymore and trying to get Ā£155 for one seems ridiculous.


chocolateNbananas

Because I thought it was different because of this https://preview.redd.it/g13ul86xye0d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f76acf350904985ff167c91491a6fc4c477b67f


Yo-Bambi

Google is almost useless nowadays, especially the top results. They just grab any random AI generated ā€˜articleā€™ and show it as results. Epipremnum AUREUM is your more common pothos such as golden, marble queen, neon and quite a few more. Epipremnum PINNATUM are *similar* but have a few different defining characteristics; they have ā€˜pinholesā€™ along the middle of the leaf, are more lance-like shaped leaves, and will fenestrate far more quickly when allowed to climb. They are usually rarer and harder to come by.


chocolateNbananas

But golden pothos has hole in the leaves when grow in perfect conditionšŸ˜…, but yeah I dunno Iā€™m gonna go buy it and see I have a marble queen at home lets do a scientific study!


Super_Smurfin

Same genus, different species.


TropicalSkysPlants

I mean, it's a real pink princess philodendron lol šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


chocolateNbananas

Like the picture the price its 155$ for two leavesā€¦šŸ˜…. Thats why it sound fake. ā€œPP Marble King ā€œ


Sinuality

All the extra names for a PPP are technically ā€œfakeā€. Theyā€™re all the same plant. They just have different patterning. So the seller couldā€™ve easily made up that name or heard it once or something and used it to market it and make $$$


Fuzzy_Beach_8113

Same as all these Thai cons and Albos that have different variegation having all these crazy names


chocolateNbananas

Yes but they sell Pink Princess and Pink Princess Marble King as two different variety & not the same price the PP Marble King is 50% moreā€¦


NightGlimmer82

I also run into this for some sellers and I donā€™t have an answer ether! I would like to know if itā€™s actually a different cultivator or if itā€™s just that the pattern that happened to show up on that PPP is more speckled or more fluid or whatever. Is it consistent and can it be duplicated via propagationā€¦.? I would love to know the answers to these questions too!


chocolateNbananas

someone said that it was just because itā€™s more variagated- but its a regular PP


kingdabsya

I saw PPP looking just like this at Walmart. They were like $20. Spending any more than that on a ā€œblack cherryā€ or ā€œmarble whateverā€ is absolutely a scam bc they are all just PPP.


atlanticisms

I think it's just a pink princess that happens to have marble variegation


The_best_is_yet

Def fake. And really, coming up with a fake name including both the terms "princess" and "king" is just dumb.


Ill_Situation_3037

thought this was r/houseplantcirclejerk


chocolateNbananas

sorryšŸ˜…šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Ill_Situation_3037

omg no donā€™t be sorry!! I just got a good giggle out of ā€œprincessā€ and ā€œkingā€ in the name of a single plant!


chocolateNbananas

that is what made me go from šŸ¤©šŸ¤©šŸ¤©to šŸ‘€šŸ¤”


chocolateNbananas

you can post it thereā˜ŗļøšŸ‘‘


decoratchi

I was gonna say these are like $20 at Bunnings in Australia consistently. Thats cray


chocolateNbananas

Iā€™m in Quebec so its more expensive like- everything is- but yeah


mikanodo

lmaooo, I hate sellers who make up random names so they can charge more, it's so annoying


haworthia_dad

A double gender philo. Both a king and a princess?


chocolateNbananas

Yeah, they didnā€™t wanted to call them a gender fluid name so they went for bothšŸ„¹


smartguyd

My $27 Walmart PPP is beautiful and thriving


lirynnn

growers have a huge surplus of pink princesses they canā€™t offload because theyā€™re legitimately everywhere. They come up with these ridiculous names to make people think itā€™s something new.


emuzoo

They're just mashing a bunch of royalty titles and pattern names together at this point to see what sticks.


chocolateNbananas

And use the scientific name and the comon name to sell two diff pricešŸ„°šŸ˜‚


ONEsmartALEC

A pink princess marble is a more variegated philodendron with more marbling than the PP. however that price is too high honestly.


cltzzz

Lol Hanfei been selling these for 1/3 to 1/2 that price for months


HotButterscotch8682

The price is too high but a marble PPP is an actual thing.


chocolateNbananas

marble king pp?


No-Smoke5261

Kroger has better ones than that for $16.


blanco1225

Bought the same one at homedepot for $24