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They are herbs or evergreen vines, growing to heights of 20 metres (66 ft) in trees, climbing by means of aerial roots which act as hooks over branches; these roots will also grow into the soil to help support the plant. Since plants in the genus root both into the soil and over trees, it is considered a hemiepiphyte.
Monstera deliciosa, the Swiss cheese plant[2] or split-leaf philodendron[3] is a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico, south to Panama. [4] It has been introduced to many tropical areas, and has become a mildly invasive species in Hawaii, Seychelles, Ascension Island and the Society Islands.
Monstera adansonii is known for its beautiful, heart-shaped leaves. The leaves have a somewhat thick, waxy texture, and contain large, oval-shaped perforations, which lead to its common name of "swiss cheese plant". It grows to be 3–5 feet tall as a houseplant, and up to 13 feet as a vine. The Adanson's monstera is an easy to care for ...
Monstera gigantea. Monstera tenuis is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama. [1][2] It grows in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 meters (5,200 ft). [3] Like many others in its genus, like Monstera dubia, the plant starts life on the forest floor and then climbs tree trunks in a shingling ...
Monstera. Species: M. tuberculata. Binomial name. Monstera tuberculata. Lundell. Monstera tuberculata, also called the giant Monstera or the giant velvet-leaf Monstera, is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native from Mexico south to Panama. [1] It grows in lowland wet tropical biomes up to 200 metres (660 ft) in elevation. [2]
Monstera lechleriana is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae.[1] It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela. [1] The species is named for the German botanist Willibald Lechler, who collected the original type specimen in 1854. It was the scientifically described by Heinrich Wilhelm ...
Monstera obliqua is a species of the genus Monstera native to Central and South America. [1] It is hemiepiphytic like most other Monstera species. The plant is particularly known for its foliage, which is often highly perforated, sometimes described as having more empty space than leaf. [2] An illustration of the general variation in adult leaf ...
Juvenile phase. Monstera spruceana is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Central and South America from Costa Rica to Bolivia. [1] [2] Named after Richard Spruce, Monstera spruceana is a climbing plant that as a juvenile has a shingling growth habit against the trunks of trees, then in maturity develops pinnate leaves, though only one side may be pinnate.
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