Monstera pinnatipartita
A lowland Neotropical climbing aroid whose juvenile leaves are entire and whose adult leaves split deeply into feather-like (pinnate) segments, unlike the heart-shaped, holed leaves of Monstera deliciosa. It is a hemiepiphytic vine of warm, wet forest, so at home it wants warmth, steady moisture, good humidity and above all something to climb before it will produce adult foliage.
Where it grows wild
A root-climbing hemiepiphyte of wet tropical forest and tall secondary growth. Seedlings creep across the forest floor toward dark tree trunks, then climb; small leaves are held flat against the bark (shingling) and larger, divided leaves appear only once the stem has climbed into brighter light. Specimen labels in GBIF mention tall secondary vegetation and wooded pasture, which fits a plant of disturbed as well as intact lowland forest.
Mostly lowland: GBIF records with elevations run from near sea level to about 1100 m, with a median around 190 m. Treat it as a warm lowland plant, not a cloud-forest one.
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