Questions tagged [monstera]

For questions about plants that are part of the Monstera genus. Use it with questions about caring, propagating and identifying Monstera. For questions about "Monstera Minima" which is not an actual Monstera species use the [rhaphidophora] tag.

Member of the Araceae family, colloquially known as s. Most well known species of the genus:

  • Monstera deliciosa commonly known as "Swiss cheese plant". Some sources may refer to this plant as "Split-leaf ".
  • Monstera adansonii commonly known as "Swiss cheese vine" or "Monkey leaf".
  • Monstera borsigiana
  • Monstera standleyana
  • Monstera siltepecana
  • Monstera acuminata
  • Monstera dubia
  • Monstera esqueleto - formerly known as Monstera epipremnoides.
  • Monstera obliqua an extremely rare and hard to come by species.

Disambiguation of "Monstera Minima". Despite what its common name suggests "Monstera Minima" is not a Monstera species but a . Its botanical name is Rhaphidophora tetrasperma.

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Can Monstera's aerial roots grow out the base of the pot?

I recently ordered a monstera plant online and the seller mentioned that the plants they send out shouldn't need to be repotted for ~6 months, but when mine arrived, it looked to be root-bound in the pot, with a large root growing out the bottom of…
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What are these weird white spots and black spots on my Monstera?

I used a microscope on one of those black dots and took a picture. I also found this insect that looks suspicious. I don't know if the white spots are related to the black dots. What can I do?
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What type of Monstera is this plant?

I own a small Monstera, but I do not know which specific Monstera. It is about 7 stems in a 9 cm pot. There is only one stem that has two leaves with holes. My guess is that it is either a Monstera adansonii narrow form or a Monstera…
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Monstera (Swiss cheese plant) brown patches on leaves

I've gone through some of the previous posts for Monstera but couldn't quite find anything like this. I bought a new Monstera about a week ago and it seemed to be adapting well. New leaves were unfurling, it seemed strong. But some of the leaves…
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Scraggly tangled Monstera

I purchased a Monstera from a coworker. She said it’s grown new leaves nonstop but I don’t know what conditions it lived in before. I now have it next to a large east facing window (unfortunately, my apartment doesn’t get enough light in the winter…
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Monstera yellowing with brown spots

A few stats about my Monstera Deliciosa: 4.5 years old facing East at first was growing in soil, after repotting it is now in plant granules (brand - Seramis) watering schedule is not very strict, ~2l of water every 1-2 weeks we live in north…
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Help to keep plants watered without overwatering and prevent burning the leaves?

I have a Majesty Palm and a Monsterra I am trying to grow so I followed the instructions on the tag to water once a week. But I live in a dry environment so by end of the week, both had yellowing of branches and leaves so I watered them again. But…
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Rooting Monstera cuttings are yellowing

I occasionally trim my very healthy monstera and root the cuttings. I’ve done this so many times and never had issues. I recently made three cuttings (2-3 leaves per cutting), stuck them in water, and they’ve been yellowing and I presume dying…
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How long can a monstera grow in water?

I have a little monstera with an odd backstory. I found it, abandoned, bare-rooted and in very poor health on the ground in full sun. It had been there at least a week, and with no viable roots. I put it in a vase, thinking the leaves would look…
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Repotting Monstera in Winter (UK)

I have had my Monstera Deliciosa since March 2020, it's still relatively small (maybe five big leaves) but has become very top heavy and looks like it has outgrown it's current pot. It is also growing outwards rather than upwards and taking up a lot…
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Yellow/brown spots on Monstera

For a couple of months, small black spots have been slowly spreading on two of the leaves of my Monstera. On one leaf, they got worse, and ringed with yellow, then suddenly the leaf died. The black spots are physically on the surface of the leaf,…
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How can I encourage my plants to push out larger leaves?

I have some potted plants (Philodendron selloum, Monstera deliciosa) that were propagations from larger plants. Their leaves are on average only about 4 inches long. They were propagated about a year ago. Is there a way for me to encourage larger…
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Brown flecks on Monstera Deliciosa

I just received a Monstera deliciosa in the post today and noticed what look like brown flecks all over the leaves. Anybody know what they are? If it's rust, any advice on how I can treat it? It appears to have spread to all of the leaves on the…
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Is this an effective technique to propagate climbers with aerial roots

I bought a Monstera "Monkey mask" in a small pot. Right now, it is erect because the stem is still short. The stem is already showing button-sized aerial roots popping-out of the main stem. I have found ways to propagate by stem cuttings on Youtube,…
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How do I restore this monstera to it’s former glory?

I got this monstera from a neighbor. When I received it, the soil was packed in and bone dry, and the plant was even more of a mess than it is now, lol. So far I’ve pruned it a bit, repotted it, added the trellis, and kept it watered. I feel like it…
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