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dragon's tail pothos Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' – Foliage FactoryRhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' is a climbing aroid grown for its large green leaves and dramatic mature leaf division. Young plants usually carry simpler foliage, while established climbing stems can develop long, deeply cut mature leaves. The plant grows with robust stems and aerial roots that attach to a moss pole, coir pole or other vertical support. In bright filtered light, steady warmth and an airy
Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail'
Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' is a climbing aroid grown for its large green leaves and dramatic mature leaf division. Young plants usually carry simpler foliage, while established climbing stems can develop long, deeply cut mature leaves.
The plant grows with robust stems and aerial roots that attach to a moss pole, coir pole or other vertical support. In bright filtered light, steady warmth and an airy root zone, the stem can thicken and climb steadily over time.
Dragon Tail plant profile
- Plant type: Climbing tropical aroid in the Araceae family.
- Growth habit: Robust climbing stems with aerial roots that grip a support.
- Leaves: Juvenile leaves are simpler, while mature leaves become larger and more divided.
- Foliage colour: Green leaves with a firm tropical texture and a deeply cut mature outline.
- Support: A pole or slab gives the climbing stems a surface for aerial-root attachment.
- Indoor structure: Mature stems need vertical support as leaf size increases.
Climbing growth and mature leaves
Rhaphidophora decursiva is a wet-tropical climber native from the Indian Subcontinent to South China and Indo-China. Its foliage changes noticeably with maturity, moving from less divided juvenile leaves into much longer, split leaves on established, supported climbing stems.
In a pot, the stem should be guided early so the aerial roots can attach cleanly. A stable support also keeps the plant easier to handle as the leaves expand and the stem thickens.
Care for Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail'
- Light: Place in bright filtered light; harsh direct sun can scorch exposed leaf surfaces.
- Watering: Water when the upper substrate has partly dried, then let excess water drain fully.
- Humidity: Moderate to higher humidity keeps new divided leaves opening more evenly.
- Temperature: Keep warm and stable, ideally above 18 °C, with protection from cold drafts.
- Substrate: Use a chunky aroid mix with bark, coco chips, perlite, pumice or similar airy materials.
- Support: Tie young stems loosely to a pole until aerial roots start gripping by themselves.
- Repotting: Repot when roots circle the pot or watering becomes difficult to regulate.
- Fertilising: Feed lightly during active growth with a balanced houseplant fertiliser.
- Semi-hydro: Established plants can adapt to inert mineral substrates if the roots are cleaned and oxygen stays available.
- Pruning: Trim long bare sections above a node to redirect growth or take cuttings.
Dragon Tail troubleshooting
- Small leaves: Weak light, low warmth or unstable support can slow mature leaf development.
- Yellow leaves: Check for wet, dense substrate around the roots before increasing watering.
- Brown patches: Direct sun, dry roots or cold stress can mark the leaf surface.
- Soft stems: Wet substrate with low oxygen can damage roots and lower stem tissue.
- Pests: Inspect nodes, petioles and new leaves for thrips, spider mites, scale or mealybugs.
Safety for Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail'
Rhaphidophora plants contain irritating calcium oxalate crystals. Keep Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' away from pets and small children, and avoid contact with sap if your skin is sensitive.
Botanical background of Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail'
Rhaphidophora decursiva traces back to Roxburgh's Pothos decursivus and was transferred to Rhaphidophora by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1857. 'Dragon Tail' is grown as a cultivated form of this climbing species with large, divided mature foliage.
Grow Rhaphidophora decursiva 'Dragon Tail' from Foliage Factory as a supported climber with large, deeply divided mature leaves.
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★★★★★ 5
Essential Commentary, I Use it Every Time
Format: Hardcover
I won't write an exhaustive review, but I can easily commend this commentary to any seminary student by saying this: it goes into my pile of reference books for nearly every paper I write, on any subject. It's always relevant. If I'm dealing with any New Testament text, it's worth looking up in this commentary to see if it has an OT basis, if it's an allusion, a quote, or something similar. This adds dimensionality and thoroughness to my treatment of the NT, putting it in perspective.
There is a similar volume, which I use just as often, called 'Commentary on the Old Testament Use of the Old Testament.' For OT studies, I use it along with 'The Context of Scripture' (which is basically ANET with cross-indexed biblical passages and ancient texts).
There have been a few times when I've followed the chain all the way from NT text -> NT use of OT -> OT text -> OT use of OT -> Context of Scripture. If you're a Bible nerd, you can imagine this is basically cause to run around the neighborhood six times shouting 'Hallelujah' while the neighbors scratch their heads or close their blinds.
I use this book as much as NICNT for NT studies, which is to say, any time I study the NT. This commentary is amazing, it earns its footprint on my booksehelf. Absolutely recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2026
★★★★★ 5
A much needed resource!
Format: Hardcover
A phenomenal and much needed resources for the church today! I am delighted that it is now part of my theological library.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Pastoral Use of Beale's and Carson's Commentary
Format: Hardcover
This book was properly NOT entitled "Commentary on the New Testament Exegesis of the Old Testament." It is a well studied and scholarly look at how the New Testament writers made USE of the Old Testament Scriptures. And they did make use of those Scriptures is varied and instructive ways.
Beale and Carson have compiled and edited articles from numerous trustworthy believing scholars which explain where, how, and why specific passages of Old Testament texts were employed by NT authors. These articles are careful to cite OT and NT contexts, predominant Middle Eastern scholastic thought prior to the 1st Century, and provide an analysis of what style was likely being used by the NT author (for example: typology, compare / contrast, poetic / emotive, prophetic fulfillment, simile, and at times even exegetical / interpretive).
Such varied approaches by the NT authors to acquiring and working with OT passages begs the question of whether we ought to handle the OT in the same manner as did they. This commentary fairly well states that the answer is, "Yes...but." Yes, if we were to be as careful as they in understanding that we are not always merely quoting and interpreting the OT nor making absurd allegories of the OT texts but using them as instructive examples, poetic bursts of emotion, and historical typographic illustrations then we should indeed use the OT in the same way.
Often the articles and entries in the commentary are long. This is not a dictionary and does not lend itself to quick reference lookups. Such attention to detail and depth enhances the experience of using this volume as it unearths elements and aspects of the Old Testament references that we rarely attempt to see from a 1st Century perspective today.
Its overall format is rather straightforward. Identify a NT passage and look it up in the commentary in the passage's traditional Protestant biblical order. Generally only OT passages that are directly quoted, paraphrased, alluded to, or cited by the NT are expanded upon in the commentary. If an OT passage is merely somewhat similar to or has only surface resemblances with an OT passage (giving one the feeling that it is being brought to mind for evocative or emotive reasons alone) then the commentary may not touch on it.
In general this is a very useful collection of articles. Its heart is not on being a commentary on the entire New Testament but is focused most narrowly on how the New Testament writers put the Old Testament to work to illustrate Jesus as the Christ, the evils of rebellion and sin, and the complex intricacies of God's epic sweeping salvific plan for humanity.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2012
★★★★★ 4
Good, But Realize Its Limits
Format: Hardcover
I agree with the other reviewers who spoke highly of this resource. It is a fine resource for NT studies.
However, realize that it isn't really a commentary like most of us are used to (in my opinion, the title is a little misleading). Rather, it is only a commentary on the NT texts that clearly quote OT texts. The book does not comment on entire NT books, but only some select verses. For example, I used this book studying Mark and it only discussed around 30 phrases from the Gospel of Mark - those verses in Mark that are clear OT citations. I wasn't able to use it in Mark studies as much as I had hoped.
I realize this is what the book is supposed to do, and it does it very well. Just remember it won't be useful for NT texts that aren't OT quotes. This isn't a critique, just an observation for those interested. You won't be able to use this resource all the time, but it's helpful for those NT texts where an OT citation is found.
FYI, I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because the citations in the articles are not footnotes, but contained in the articles themselves [It looks like this: (eg. R.P. Martin 1974: 97; O'Brien 1982: 151; Hubner 1997a: 91; Gnilka 1980: 168; Barth and Blanke 1994:357, etc.)]. Some citations are very lengthy, which makes it quite cumbersome to read at times. Also, this is subjective I suppose, but I didn't like the font at all (it seemed too tight).
All in all, this is a good book for what it does - just realize what it does before you buy it and you won't be disappointed.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2013
★★★★★ 5
Can't ask for more, but I want more.
Format: Hardcover
Really, this is just a start. Any commentary is. But this is one of the best because it proceeds from a radical premise: the whole Bible is from God, giving His point of view and superceding that of the human author.
Not that this is promoted self-consciously or consistently from each contributor. But the structure of the enterprise is such that they are sucked back into presenting how it is that the old testament is so thoroughly imbued in NT writings, including in ways which both OT and NT writers could not have intended.
Treading down this path forces us to question all those teachings we've had where we were told: "Matthew (or Paul or John ...) here had in mind xyz." When Matthew wrote his gospel, we might now surmise that we can't be sure what he himself had in mind, because what we wrote was superintended to the degree that Matthew's sinful thoughts were NOT what ended up on parchment. God's thoughts are there, pure and untainted by Matthew's natural limitations and sin.
Attempts to work from Matthew's sinful thoughts and culture to God's meaning miss the point that whatever Matthew was in his head was NOT the end product that flowed out his quill. Remember when Caiaphas spoke what he thought naturally about how it is better for one man to die rather than the whole nation take a hit? He meant it for evil, but God superintended it to be ultimate truth, regardless of that speaker's intent. Same with all holy writings.
Yes, holy men of old spake as they were moved, but their holiness does not naturally come out in uncontaminated speech -- that takes a special work of God. This commentary allows for that premise. There's something way more than human going on that ties this whole Bible together in one theme from one Writer.
Don't get me wrong, not all these contributors seem to subscribe to my radical conclusions above, although I think the editors do. And their prescribed structure for this commentary nudge the contributors into a path that I think leads to a more theocentric authorship. So this is a good start, but nothing beats trying to read the Bible itself from God's point of view, rather than the hallowed and misguided grammatial-historical human focused approach.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2008
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