Monstera adansonii 'Aurea'

Monstera adansonii 'Aurea' is a golden-variegated sport of the Swiss Cheese Vine, in which the characteristic fenestrated leaves are marked with irregular patches of buttery yellow rather than the usual white. The chimeric variegation ranges from fine speckling to bold half-moon sectors depending on the leaf, and the natural perforations still punch through both the green and yellow tissue. It retains the same vigorous, fast-climbing or trailing habit as the standard species, suited to a hanging basket or totem.

Native range

Cultivated golden-variegated sport of the species native to Central and South America.

Classification

Genus

Monstera

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing or trailing vine

Form of

Monstera adansonii

Morphology

Leaf shape

OvateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base., fenestrated with irregular holes

Leaf length

10-20 cm

Leaf width

8-15 cm

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein., subtle

Texture

Thin, glossy

Variegation

Buttery yellow speckling to bold sectors

Growth habit

Climbing or trailing vine