About
A Costa Rican Monstera named after Monteverde, where it is common, with adult leaves deeply lobed along the margins.
Field notes
Morphology
Adult leaves grow to 60 × 30 cm with up to eight marginal lobes per side and only occasional holes away from the midrib.
Distribution & habitat
Native to Costa Rica, especially the Cordillera de Guanacaste and the Tilarán mountains.
History & etymology
Mixed up in cultivation with M. epipremnoides (more lobes and holes), M. lechleriana (persistent leaf-stalk sheaths, thicker spathe) and M. lentii.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Costa Rica
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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