Monstera deliciosa 'Green Snow'

Green Snow is a chimeric variegated form of Monstera deliciosa distinguished by a fine, even dusting of white speckling across the blade, rather than the bold solid sectors seen in Albo Variegata. The effect reads as a light frost or scatter of snow over the deep green leaf rather than a stark colour break, which gives it a subtler, more textural presence in a collection. It shares the same climbing, hemiepiphytic growth habit and general care requirements as standard deliciosa, and its finer, more evenly distributed variegation pattern tends to be somewhat more stable across new growth than large-sector chimeric forms.

Native range

Cultivated fine-speckled variegated selection of Monstera deliciosa.

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

Fine, evenly scattered snow-white speckling across the deep green blade, a delicate stippled pattern (an alboVariegation featuring stark white patches or sectors, which completely lack chlorophyll.-type white variegation) rather than the bold solid sectors of AlboVariegation featuring stark white patches or sectors, which completely lack chlorophyll. Variegata.

Growth habit

Climbing with thick stems and aerial roots