Monstera monteverdensis
A Costa Rican endemic Monstera described in 2020 and named after Monteverde, where it is abundant. Adult leaves reach about 60 by 30 cm and are pinnatifid with 2 to 8 lobes per side and only occasional holes. It climbs trees in lower montane wet and rain forest between about 500 and 2,300 m, so it prefers mild, misty conditions rather than lowland heat.
Where it grows wild
A climbing hemiepiphyte of lower montane wet forest and rain forest and transitional tropical moist forest, on both the Caribbean and Pacific slopes. Juveniles start in the shaded understorey and adults climb into brighter light on trunks.
About 500 to 2,300 m, most familiar from the Monteverde cloud forest region around 1,300 to 1,700 m.
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