Monstera acacoyaguensis
Monstera acacoyaguensis is a large lowland Monstera from southern Mexico and Belize, found below about 200 m. Adults have glossy, leathery leaves 60 to 85 cm long with one to three rows of oval holes along the midrib. It is unusual in the genus for growing naturally in full or near-full sun, often in seasonally dry forest, so it wants far more light and tolerates more drying than the typical rainforest Monstera.
Where it grows wild
It grows in lowland forest from Chiapas to Belize, and iNaturalist records extend it across the Yucatán Peninsula, southern Veracruz and the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Juveniles creep along the ground as terrestrial shoots until they reach a trunk. They then climb and become epiphytic adults with large, perforated leaves. Unlike most Monstera, it is reported to grow naturally in full sunlight, clambering over trees in fairly open, semi-deciduous lowland forest, forest edges and rocky ground.
Lowland only, below about 200 m, which separates it from the South American M. lechleriana at higher elevations.
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