Monstera Deliciosa Big Leaves. Monsteras when young will not have the distinct leaf shapes that a mature specimen will develop so its easy to confuse it with a general Philodendron. When a Monstera gets big it tends to lean to one side or even fall over.
Monstera Deliciosa is probably one of the most popular house plants. It has been introduced to many tropical areas and has become a mildly invasive species in Hawaii Seychelles Ascension Island and the Society IslandsIt is very widely grown in temperate zones as a houseplant. It has beautiful large green leaves that feature slits and fenestrations as it matures and not only is it a hardy easy to care for plant it also grows fruit.
Sometimes Monstera Deliciosa have yellow leaves as a natural part of plant growth.
Even in the average home cheese plants grow fast and need plenty of room they can reach at least 2m high and 25m wide. Each heart shaped leaf that appears starts of as a full leaf and then begins to form its slits. This is the most common variety of monstera we all know and love and mostly what youll find when you go plant shopping. Monstera Deliciosa tends to produce one main root per leaf so the new leaf node will get a large root structure developed very quickly.
