Yes, pothos do great in pothos low-light bathrooms better than most houseplants. Dim light and steam mimic their native tropical forest floor. Your pothos bathroom plant gets free humidity from every shower. You don't need to mist or run a humidifier to keep it happy.
I kept a Golden Pothos in my windowless bathroom for over a year. The only light came from the overhead fluorescent bulb that ran for maybe three hours a day. The plant survived and even grew a few new leaves, though at a slower pace than my pothos near the living room window. The vines added about six inches of growth in that year versus two feet for the one near bright light. Slow growth, but no death.
The reason pothos handle darkness so well ties back to science. NC State Extension confirms that pothos tolerate deep shade with as little as 50 foot-candles of light. Most bathrooms with a light fixture clear this bar when the light is on. UF/IFAS says you need 150+ foot-candles to keep the fancy patterns on variegated types like Marble Queen. Solid green varieties do fine with far less since they have more chlorophyll to capture what little light exists.
Bathrooms give your low light houseplant pothos a secret weapon that no other room can match: humidity. UF/IFAS puts the ideal range at 60-100% relative humidity for pothos. A bathroom after a hot shower hits 80-90% with ease. That kind of moisture in the air keeps pothos leaves plump, shiny, and healthy. Drier rooms force the plant to lose water through its leaves faster than the roots can replace it.
The strong pothos humidity tolerance makes them perfect for steamy rooms. Most houseplants develop fungal problems in high humidity, but pothos shrug it off. Their thick, waxy leaves shed water drops instead of absorbing them. This natural coating protects against the mold and mildew that plague thinner-leaved plants in wet rooms.
If your bathroom has no window at all, add a small clip-on grow light above the plant. Run it for 8-10 hours per day on a timer. I added one to my windowless bathroom pothos after that first year and the growth rate doubled within a month. The plant went from producing one leaf every two months to one every three weeks. That fifteen dollar investment made a big difference.
Pick a Jade or Golden Pothos for the darkest bathrooms. Skip the Marble Queen or other types with heavy white patterns since those need more light to keep their look. Your bathroom pothos won't grow as fast as one near a bright window, but it will stay alive and green for years with zero fuss.
Read the full article: Propagating Pothos in 3 Easy Steps
