Pothos is a natural air purifier - can it be placed in the bedroom?

Pothos is not only highly resilient, but also a natural air purifier. It is said to be able to purify indoor air, especially in newly decorated rooms, where it is highly effective at removing harmful gases. Therefore, many households grow pothos indoors. So, can pothos be placed in the bedroom?

Pothos, also known as golden pothos or devil's ivy, originated in tropical rainforest regions. It is an evergreen vine in the Araceae family, fond of warm, humid environments, and requires loose, fertile, well-drained soil. It has strong twining ability and well-developed aerial roots, so it can be allowed to climb up a cylinder made of palm fiber and placed in entrance halls or hotels, or grown as a hanging plant and placed in studies or on windowsills. It is a flowering plant relatively well suited to indoor placement.

Pothos also has an extremely strong air-purifying function and enjoys the reputation of being a green purifier. Pothos can absorb benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde and other substances from the air. According to environmental scientists, a newly decorated new home should be ventilated well first, and then placing a few pots of pothos can basically bring it up to move-in standard; newly laid flooring very easily produces harmful substances. Since pothos can simultaneously purify benzene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde from the air, it is very suitable for placement in newly decorated rooms. It is said that one pot of pothos in a room of 8-10 sq m is equivalent to an air purifier, and can effectively absorb harmful gases such as formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene from the air.

Pothos can also convert formaldehyde into substances such as sugars or amino acids during metabolism, and can also break down benzene emitted by photocopiers and printers, and can absorb it as well.

Since pothos has such a major effect on indoor air, many people not only grow pothos in living rooms but also place pothos in bedrooms. Is this practice appropriate?

In fact, too many plants should not be grown in the bedroom, including pothos. This is because bedrooms are mostly used at night, and at night plants lack light for photosynthesis, so they mainly exhale carbon dioxide. In addition, bedrooms are basically closed off at night, so too many plants will cause the carbon dioxide concentration in the indoor air to become too high, making the human body feel unwell. Of course, if it is only one pothos plant, it will not produce too great a side effect. Growing it in the bedroom not only purifies the air but also has a certain ornamental value.