Monstera: the variety catalogue
From the deliciosa to the rare obliqua, explore 10 Monstera varieties with their identity card: light, watering, difficulty and toxicity. Click a plant for its full care sheet.
Read the complete Monstera guideHow to recognise, choose and propagate them.
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Beginner OK Monstera adansonii
Monstera adansonii
The Swiss cheese vine with hole-punched leaves: an easy tropical climber, perfect in a hanging basket. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 5-9 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa
The Instagram star with fenestrated leaves: easy tropical if you avoid overwatering. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-14 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera Peru
Monstera karstenianum
The monstera with thick, puckered leaves in glossy deep green: hardy, forgiving and beginner-friendly. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera siltepecana
Monstera siltepecana
The silver monstera with bluish juvenile leaves: an easy, fast vine, ideal in a hanging basket. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 6-10 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Beginner OK Monstera standleyana
Monstera standleyana
The 'cobra philodendron' with glossy elongated leaves: hardy, climbing, sometimes cream-speckled. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★☆☆☆ -
Monstera dubia
Monstera dubia
The shingle monstera that presses its silver leaves flat against its support before fenestrating. For enthusiasts. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 6-10 days ★★★☆☆ -
Monstera pinnatipartita
Monstera pinnatipartita
The monstera with a spectacular metamorphosis: entire juvenile leaves, then deeply comb-split. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★★☆☆ -
Monstera Thai Constellation
Monstera deliciosa 'Thai Constellation'
The starry cream-variegated monstera, stable and lab-cultured. Slower than the green deliciosa. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-14 days ★★★☆☆ -
Monstera Albo Variegata
Monstera deliciosa 'Albo Variegata'
The most sought-after white-variegated monstera: unstable, sectoral variegation to balance by pruning. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 7-12 days ★★★★☆ -
Monstera obliqua
Monstera obliqua
The mythical monstera with paper-thin leaves that are almost all holes: rare, demanding, for experts only. Complete care guide.
☀ Bright indirect 💧 every 4-7 days ★★★★★