Monstera cotobrusense

Monstera cotobrusense Croat is listed in GBIF but flagged 'doubtful' in the Tropicos dataset, and it has no occurrence records. The epithet refers to Coto Brus in southern Costa Rica, a premontane wet-forest area. Treat this profile as generic premontane-Monstera care, and note possible confusion with the well-documented Philodendron cotobrusense Croat & Grayum.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Unknown for this name. If it truly comes from Coto Brus, it would be a hemiepiphytic climber in premontane wet forest of southern Costa Rica.

Unknown; the Coto Brus highlands are mostly about 1,000–1,500 m.

Costa Rica

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Monstera cotobrusense? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Monstera

Monstera deliciosa Monstera adansonii Monstera obliqua Monstera standleyana Monstera siltepecana Monstera epipremnoides Monstera dubia Monstera lechleriana Monstera membranacea Monstera aureopinnata Monstera laniata Monstera gambensis All 90 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.