Monstera standleyana
A robust root-climber of the Caribbean-slope rain forests of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, reaching Chocó in Colombia. The leaves are thick and usually entire, and the plant hugs trunks as it climbs. It is a warm, very humid lowland to lower-montane plant with a year-round wet climate. In the trade it is often sold as 'Philodendron Cobra'.
Where it grows wild
Common in lowland tropical moist and wet forest on the Caribbean slope and near the Continental Divide. It is a nomadic vine whose flattened juvenile and adult stems cling closely to tree trunks with roots. Adults vary greatly in size and can carry leaves up to 160 cm long; fenestrated leaves occur in some populations.
0–1500 m according to the 2024 revision, with 0–1360 m given where it is distinguished from the higher-elevation M. juliusii. Wild GBIF records have a median of about 700 m.
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