The golden pothos goes by many names. But one that uncharacteristically sticks out is the Devil’s Ivy. It isn’t hard to see why the pothos is assimilated with ivy in the way it sends out vines that wrap themselves around moss poles or along walls with their aerial roots. We can speculate that, like the devil, golden pothos is hard to kill. Because, even those with the brownest of thumbs would struggle to kill a golden pothos. It could also be related to the fact that the golden pothos is an epiphyte, which means it uses other plants as physical support to reach for the sun. Unfortunately, in the process, golden pothos have been known to suffocate the host plant by depriving it of light and nutrients. A move the devil would very much put its name against with pride.