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Monstera spruceana

A lowland rainforest climber from Costa Rica to Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil, named after the botanist Richard Spruce. Juveniles shingle flat against tree trunks; adults climb higher and develop pinnately divided leaves, sometimes divided on one side only, closely resembling Monstera subpinnata and M. dilacerata. It wants warmth, high humidity, bright shade and a board or totem to climb.

Monstera spruceana
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 Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Evergreen wet forest: dense tall terra-firme forest, gallery and riparian forest, and fragmented and secondary forest. It roots on the ground and climbs tree trunks, starting as a shingling juvenile in shade and reaching brighter light as it ascends.

Costa Rica and PanamaColombia and VenezuelaThe Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana)Ecuador, Peru and BoliviaBrazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso)

🔒 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.