Monstera pittieri

Monstera pittieri is a slender hemiepiphyte native to the wet tropical forests spanning from southern Costa Rica to Colombia. As an understory climber, it thrives in high humidity and filtered light, often ascending trees before forming a pendulous habit as it matures. The plant is distinguished by narrowly ovate to elliptic leaves with fenestrations that become more pronounced with maturity. Its thin to coriaceous foliage shows a contrast between dark green upper surfaces and lighter green undersides.

Native range

southern Costa Rica to Colombia

Classification

Genus

Monstera

Family

Araceae

Type

Wild

Growth habit

Hemiepiphytic climber

Morphology

Leaf shape

Narrowly ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base. to elliptic

Leaf length

10-20 cm

Leaf width

5-10 cm

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

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

Texture

Thin to moderately coriaceous

Variegation

None

Growth habit

Slender climber