About
A Central American Monstera that shingles up tree trunks as a juvenile and becomes a large epiphyte with pinnate leaves and long aerial roots.
Field notes
Morphology
Starts on the forest floor and climbs trunks to 30 m with leaves pressed flat against the bark. At sufficient height leaves change dramatically to a pinnate form and long aerial roots develop. The name tenuis ("thin") refers to the juvenile leaves.
Distribution & habitat
Native from Nicaragua to Panama in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 m.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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