Monstera Deliciosa, Large Form

Monstera Deliciosa Large Form is One of My favourite plants and one that was on My Wishlist pretty much My whole Life.

Why I Love to Keep Mostera Deliciosa in My Collect-Sean

The specimen pictured above is by far the largest Monstera in My collect-Sean and this is the other side of the previous photo. You can see that I have recently decapitated the Crown (what You are looking at) because the aerial roots had a well established root system beneath the soil as well and it was clear that the new leaves are drawing all their water from those established systems. The same pot pictured above was also absolutely jam packed with big, Oolon-noodle like roots, so separating the base of the plant with its esablished roots made plenty of room for the Crown of the plant to continue growing. If the plant pot gets too crowded it Will continue to grow but the leaves Will actually begin to decrease in size and that’s not the look I am going for! You can see it is just about to Give Me a new leaf now, and I’m hoping it Will be the largest of them all (which is what it Will do naturally if it is happy and needs are being met).

I would have bought one for My Self if I had ever seen one in a store. I don’t really shop for plants online though I have purchased some more exotic seeds to start My own plants (Dioscorea Elephantine) on occasion.

My Friend randomly decided that I might like this Plant and Gifted it to Me on My fifty-first name day. I was ecstatic!!! I cannot think of a plant I had Wished to acquire more, and I have never mentioned to My Friend that I had Wished for one – but her nickname is ‘Lucky’, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised! The fact this plant was Gifted to Me by a Friend makes it more special than ever. I now have over fifteen Monstera’s that I have propagated from the plant she Gave Me, above is the Mother of them all!

Growing and Caring for Monstera Deliciosa Large Form

It’s important to remember this plant gets massive very fast. In My experiences, fenestrations usually begin on the sixth leaf of a new plant (grown from scratch). This Will not be True if One is propagating a Crown cutting or more mature section of the plant, the growth Will be similar to the last leaf of the plant the cutting was taken from. You can see the difference from the fifth leaf in the back left of the above photo compared with its successor, the sixth leaf on the plant which is showing the first fenestration. The seventh leaf has three fenestrations (at the very back) and the eighth is unfurling now!!! 😀 I’ll let You know in a couple of days!

Easy Care but Difficult Control

The plant is very easy to care for but it does have a Mind of its own and the stem is somewhat hard to train. Monsteri don’t just naturally go up a pole One Will try to affix it to, it Will reach for the light wherever it is and the stem the petioles protrude from is almost like the trunk of a small tree. So it Will try to reach everywhere and although a moss pole is used by some, I know it’s not necessary and I find a better Way to accomplish the same, is simply to take a plastic bag filled with sphagnam moss or coco fiber and make a big ‘air layer’ around any aerial root You Wish to see produce roots that Will transplant to soil and help the plant maintain its progressively larger and more fenestrated leaves. That is what I did for the largest plant I have in My collect-Sean right now and it worked amazingly without the hassle of having to keep a moss pole hydrated or continually training the plant (I concede I do that anyway but it’s just a bamboo pole so a fraction of the work). A tomato basket is probably not the best idea but it was all I had at the time so We’re just going to see what happens. I Will Keep You Posted.