Variegated Monstera

[Johnathan]

Hello everyone. My wife is into plants (myself not so much) but I support her of course. ...... even though she is taking up more and more of my winterizing space under the grow lights with little pleasure!!! *deep breath * yes, I fully support her.

She has been looking to acquire a variegated monstera, anyone have any of these? Any information on them?

 

[amcoffeegirl]

She has been looking to acquire a variegated monstera, anyone have any of these? Any information on them?

I got a mini monstera this year.
Doing well.
I know they are expensive. Seem easy enough to care for. They get large.
With variegation the plant will need more light to keep its colors. It may also grow a bit slower than the plain green form.

Mine is actually Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma- common name mini monstera but not the same species.
The pic is not mine- from google. This is what my plant looks like though.


And a monstera link

Why Are Variegated Monstera So Expensive? — The Absurd Word

While the genetic makeup of the monstera deliciosa variegata is certainly something tricky, there are few industries that I’ve seen in the past few years gain as much footing and power as the indoor plant market.

theabsurdword.com

 

[Firstflush]

She have a green thumb? I have a standard M. Deliciosa and they are relatively easy to grow. Hate to see her drop the coin on a variegated and lose the plant with winter coming on, new light arrangement, new growing environment etc...

I personally want a adansonii or obliqua. The latter is pretty rare and spendy.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I had a minute to peruse the web. A lot of these places will also have tropical tree species that might be good for indoor in winter bonsai too, but all I listed carry Monstera or other Philodendron type Aroids.

I've dealt with Top Tropicals, they tend to be on the slightly higher end of the price range, and they charge a lot for shipping, but they often have species that are otherwise impossible to find. I wager they are a really great nursery to visit in person, if you ever get near Fort Meyers area of Florida. They have big and small aroids, including Monstera and Rhaphidophora.

Store Directory - TopTropicals.com

toptropicals.com

Zone 9 Tropicals - Houston TX, mail order nursery - has a few monstera listed under Aroids. They have been around a while, I have not bought from them but would try them without hesitation.

🍃 Aroids - 🌴Tropical Plants

Zone 9 Tropicals fragrant rare plants for home and garden

www.zone9tropicals.com

Gardino Nursery - Florida based - I have done business with them, good, they deliver what they promise. I would order from them again.

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma – Mini Monstera (5″ pot) – Gardino Nursery

Pistil Nursery - Portland Oregon based, I know nothing about them. Just stumbled across their site.

Raphidophora tetrasperma

Raphidophora tetrasperma is a fast growing vining plant, sought after for its unique fenestrated leaves. Sometimes called “Dwarf Monstera” or “Monstera Ginny” due to is resemblance to Monstera deliciosa, the leaves of Raphidophora tetrasperma are similarly split with “windows,” but stay quite...

pistilsnursery.com

Ken's Philodendrons - mail order out of Florida - currently "closed for propagation" will open sometime autumn 2020, claims to be "largest" collection of rare Philodendron and related species in USA. May well be, just a glance showed many species I never heard of. Might be worth shopping to find the really rare one.

Products – Kens Philodendrons

kensphilodendrons.com

Hirt's garden - an Ohio based nursery, they do pretty good mail order - I have ordered from them and was happy with service and product.

Ultra Rare Ginny Philodendron - Rhaphidophora tetrasperma -6" Pot- Mini Monstera

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hirts.com

 

[Josh88]

There is one exotic plant nursery in my area that occasionally has them, and they are crazy expensive. They said they usually run $250 for a very small plant, and $500 for a medium sized.

 

[Johnathan]

Thank you everyone for the replies. Yes she has become surprisingly good at maintaining her plants, and its become great conversational peices in our home. At the very least, she can now understand why bonsai can become so addictive and expensive lol

Her first plant was a gift from the hospital when my son was born in June of 2019. She actually has a couple of the green monstera, and even the Tetrasperma already. Some calatheas, pothos, fiddle leafs, etc etc so her collection has grown quite rapidly over the course of a little over a year.

I was looking to surprise her with the variegated monstera as she can't bring herself to drop the hundreds of bucks that I'm now finding out they cost!

Insane these plants cost so much!

 

[Josh88]

Thank you everyone for the replies. Yes she has become surprisingly good at maintaining her plants, and its become great conversational peices in our home. At the very least, she can now understand why bonsai can become so addictive and expensive lol

Her first plant was a gift from the hospital when my son was born in June of 2019. She actually has a couple of the green monstera, and even the Tetrasperma already. Some calatheas, pothos, fiddle leafs, etc etc so her collection has grown quite rapidly over the course of a little over a year.

I was looking to surprise her with the variegated monstera as she can't bring herself to drop the hundreds of bucks that I'm now finding out they cost!

Insane these plants cost so much!

I believe they propagate from cuttings, so you can always recoup your losses in a few years.

 

[amcoffeegirl]

That would be a nice surprise!