Monstera deliciosa 'Mint'

Monstera deliciosa 'Mint' is a cultivated selection of deliciosa with mint-coloured variegation. The large, broad, deeply fenestrated leaves display marbled mint, pale green, and cream speckling distributed throughout the blade rather than in stark sectoral blocks. As a robust climbing hemiepiphyte, it thrives in warm, humid conditions with bright, indirect light, producing thick climbing stems, strong petioles, and abundant aerial roots.

Native range

Cultivated mint-variegated selection of a species native from southern Mexico to Panama.

Classification

Genus

Monstera

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing hemiepiphyte on moss pole

Form of

Monstera deliciosa

Morphology

Leaf shape

Broadly ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base., cordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches. with deep fenestrations

Leaf length

60 - 90 cm

Leaf width

45 - 75 cm

Petiole colour

Green, strong and thick

Venation

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

Texture

Leathery, thick and glossy

Variegation

Marbled mintVariegation featuring a speckled, marbled, or light pastel-green pattern., pale green, and cream speckling

Growth habit

Climbing with thick stems and aerial roots