 The leaves on these trailing stems grow up to long and are the ones normally seen on this plant when it is cultivated as a potted plant.While "E. aureum" is classified as an angiosperm, which typically produce flowers at some point in their life cycle, it is the only reported species in its family (Araceae) that does not develop a flower.Regardless of where this “shy-flowering” plant is grown or what the conditions are like, it will not flower due to a genetic impairment of the gibberellin (GA) biosynthetic gene, EaGA3ox1.