monstera

Swiss cheese Plant

Monstera are evergreen climbing shrubs with aerial roots, and usually ovate leaves which are often pinnately cut or lobed; arum-like flowerheads with white spathes arise from the leaf axils on mature plants It will produce huge broad, glossy, perforated deeply cut leaves, The flowers are cream and produced in spathes, they are followed by sweet-smelling cone-like, edible fruits.

Classification

  • Common Names: Swiss cheese Plant

  • Family: Araceae

  • Variety: deliciosa

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Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: epiphytic

  • Propagation: Cuttings

  • Hardiness: Indoors

  • Flowering Season: Mid summer

Propagate by seed, root tip or leaf cuttings or by layering in summer

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Swiss cheese Plant