Monstera tenuis
Description
Source: wikipedia (CC BY-SA)Monstera tenuis is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama. It grows in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 meters (5,200 ft). Like many others in its genus, like Monstera dubia, the plant starts life on the forest floor and then as a root climber climbs tree trunks to a height of 30 metres in a shingling fashion with leaves tightly appressed to the surface of the trunk. When it reaches a sufficient height, the leaf morphology dramatically changes to pinnate in nature, and it develops very long aerial roots. The name of the species, which means "thin" in Latin, refers to the juvenile leaves.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Monstera tenuis is native to habitats like forest understories and rocky areas, where it grows in natural shade. It prefers partial sun but can adapt to full sun or full shade, demonstrating its versatility and hardiness.
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Monstera tenuis comes from tropical areas where the climate is usually warm and humid. As a result, it is adapted to high temperatures and humidity. It does not tolerate abrupt temperature changes and prefers a steady thermal environment, so avoiding temperature fluctuations indoors is important. It typically cannot withstand cold and requires higher temperatures to grow. If the surrounding temperature becomes too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 6-8
🌱 Fertilizer
Monstera tenuis needs the most fertilizer during its active growing period, which is mainly in spring, summer, and early fall. Fertilizing supplies essential nutrients that the soil might lack, supporting healthy root and stem growth and maintaining the attractive foliage that is a defining characteristic of this plant.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb, Vine
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Monstera
- Family
- Araceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 2.13 m
- Mature Spread
- 49 cm to 91 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green, Forest Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Bloom Time
- All year round
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- All year round
- Native Area
- Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama