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I've known it for years as an occasional houseplant that is easy to grow in bright indirect light. I finally saw it outdoors in Zone 10 in southern Florida in a shady place at a nice botanical park called Flamingo Gardens. I usually have just called it Monstera, but either Split-leaf Philodendron or Swiss Cheese Plant also works.
Plant database entry for White Variegated Monstera (Monstera deliciosa 'Albovariegata') with 22 images, one comment, and 36 data details.
Plant database entry for Monstera Plant (Monstera deliciosa 'Albovariegata Contorta') with one image and 27 data details.
In nature, Monstera is a low-growing (not upright) plant that sends out long vines along the damp rainforest floor and puts out roots that go into the damp soil. The vines will also develop roots when in contact with damp tree bark and that enables them to climb the trees, sometimes in search of more light.
Is your Split-Leaf Philodendron (Monstera deliciosa) in a container that has drainage holes in the bottom? Indoor potted plants need a porous soil that allows for good aeration and drainage around the root system and depending on the type of soil used and how much water you've been adding each week, it could very well be way too much water.
Monstera borsigiana is a SYNONYM for Monstera deliciosa. Monstera deliciosa is the only scientifically ACCEPTED name for the plant. Monstera deliciosa has 7 synonyms, including borsigiana. This is an old argument that just will not die off unfortunately. Monstera leaves tend to get bigger the higher they climb.
Plant database entry for Monstera deliciosa Mysteria™ Spotsylvania with 13 images and 27 data details.
This is the leaf of a very old (15/16 year) monstera This is the leaf of a plant that is approximately 10 years old but has been cut back many times, but is allowed to climb, so it is continually 'starting over' with new shoots. Monstera leaves enlarge, pinnate faster and fenestrate the higher they climb and the older they get
Monstera deliciosa does not grow in water. It grows as an epiphyte on trees and rocks and sends roots down into the soil sometimes from 20+ feet in the air, from where it is growing (this property is called being hemiepiphytic).
Hello there I've been looking to buy a cutting of what some people refer to as Monstera Deliciosa 'Large Form', (so non-Deliciosa Borsigiana...), for quite a while because cuttings don't pop up too often where I live and I've never seen anything other than Borsigiana in stores.