Epipremnum aureum Teruno 'Love Song' #18

Epipremnum aureum Teruno 'Love Song' #18
Breeder: Terunoworld (Japan)
Series: Numbered releases, referenced by World Series Number
Cultivar: Teruno 'Love Song' #18

The Story Behind Teruno Love Song
"Teruno Love Song originated as a mutation of Teruno Shangri-La.
About three years after I began propagating Teruno Shangri-La, I discovered a plant with beautiful white variegation.
However, the variegation was unstable, and it took approximately five years of careful selection to stabilize it.
The greatest challenge came every autumn. The plants repeatedly developed growth problems, making propagation extremely difficult.
Around the tenth year, I finally found two vigorous vines among the struggling plants. Believing that these two vines held the future of the variety, I made the difficult decision to discard all the other plants and continue propagating only those two.
After another three years of careful propagation, the plant had finally developed enough strength and stability to be registered and released as a new variety.
From its first discovery to its commercial release, the creation of Teruno Love Song took approximately 15 years.
Teruno Love Song was not created overnight. It is the result of many years of observation, selection, patience, and determination.
This is the story behind one of my most treasured pothos varieties."
— Terunori Ito
Breeder, Teruno World


About the Teruno Series

The Teruno World Series is a line of original Epipremnum aureum cultivars bred and released by Teruno world, a small independent pothos breeder in Japan. Each cultivar is released under its own name and a sequential series number, its 'World Series Number', which identifies its place in the release order. The series currently spans more than two dozen numbered cultivars, beginning with #1 Valencia.

Teruno selections come from both deliberate breeding work and naturally occurring sports, and the range is unusually diverse for a single species: golden and cream marbling, high-contrast white variegation, ruffled and crested leaf textures, and the twisted "sleeping" growth habit seen in Shangri-La and its variegated forms. A few Teruno cultivars have entered large-scale commercial production internationally, but most remain limited releases that rarely leave Japan and circulate mainly through collector channels.

Because these are clonally propagated cultivars, plants sold under a Teruno name and number should trace back to Terunoworld stock. Our Teruno listings are identified by both cultivar name and World Series Number to keep provenance unambiguous.

Care

Standard Epipremnum aureum care applies across the series. Bright indirect light, water when the top inch or two of the mix dries out, and a well-draining potting mix. Heavily variegated cultivars want more light to hold their color and will grow slower than the greener selections. All trail or climb; a pole will push larger leaves.