Monstera tenuis
A Central American Monstera that starts on the forest floor and climbs tree trunks as a shingle plant, its small juvenile leaves pressed flat against the bark. Once high in the canopy it switches to large pinnate adult leaves and long aerial roots. In cultivation it is usually grown in its shingling juvenile form on a board or slab, which needs shade, warmth and constant humidity.
Where it grows wild
Wet lowland and premontane forest on the Caribbean slope and central cordilleras of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Plants root on the forest floor, then climb trunks up to about 30 m. Herbarium labels include semi-evergreen forest with a 25–30 m canopy.
Wikipedia gives below 1,600 m; GBIF records with elevations run from about 100 to 1,770 m, with a median near 1,000 m.
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