Monstera Origin Of Name. The soil or substrate must therefore always be kept constantly moist taking care that it does not get too wet. 52 propagation in the soil.
They also attach themselves to tree trunks rocks or the soil with their fleshy aerial roots in the forests of Southeast Asia. The name Monstera may derive from the Latin monstrum meaning monster in reference to the leaves but this is uncertain. They are herbs or evergreen vines growing to heights of 20 metres in trees climbing by means of aerial roots which act as hooks over branches.
The famous Monstera plants also known as the Swiss-Cheese pla nts are commonly available species.
Monstera is known for being weird abnormal and different in as many aspects as it can and stands up to its image every time you go to observe them. 3 the origin of monstera adansonii. Unlike Monstera adansonii and Philodendron Monstera adansonii and Monstera obliqua are members of the same Genus and are very closely related. Monstera deliciosa the Swiss cheese plant is a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico south to Panama.
