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Monstera lechleriana

A widespread South American Monstera that climbs tree trunks as a hemiepiphyte. Mature leaves are large, with holes on each side of the midrib. It grows in humid lowland to lower montane forest from Panama to Bolivia and needs warmth, humidity and a moss pole or plank to climb.

Monstera lechleriana
Photo: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

It is a hemiepiphytic climber on the lower trunks of trees. Labels describe it in lowland and gallery forest, on riverbanks, in wooded pasture and in Andean and montane cloud forest, growing on tree trunks.

In a sample of 104 GBIF records with elevations, it ranges from 5 to 2,150 m, median about 965 m. It is mostly a lowland to lower montane plant.

PanamaColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil

🔒 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

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.