P. Pertusum?

From: KC <snippy at inch.com> on 1998.09.07 at 03:54:03(2579) Hi! I'm in a bit of a confusion here, and I wonder if you'd care to help me out.... I'm looking for a monstera to grow indoors, and I have seen pictures of it, tall mature vines grown indoors in pots with leaves about 1-1.5 feet wide. Looking at my catalogs and books, there's a variety called P. pertusum and another called M. minima...are they the same? And another source says that pertusum is actually the juvenile form of deliciosa. I have grown deliciosa before from seed, and its seventh or eighth leaf was already 3 feet wide... Can anyone tell me what's the name of this variety I'm looking for, and where can I get it? Thank you so much! Tuan Ching NYC

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1998.09.07 at 16:26:00(2580) >>Hi! I'm in a bit of a confusion here, and I wonder if you'd care to help me out.... +More I'm looking for a monstera to grow indoors, and I have seen pictures of it, tall mature vines grown indoors in pots with leaves about 1-1.5 feet wide. Looking at my catalogs and books, there's a variety called P. pertusum and another called M. minima...are they the same? And another source says that pertusum is actually the juvenile form of deliciosa. I have grown deliciosa before from seed, and its seventh or eighth leaf was already 3 feet wide... Can anyone tell me what's the name of this variety I'm looking for, and where can I get it? Thank you so much! Tuan Ching NYC<< Dear Tuan Ching, I believe the Monstera you are looking for is common here in W.P.B., Florida. It is simply a smaller cultivar of the usually giant Monstera deliciosa, NOT a juvinile form!! There is also a varigated (stripes of cream/white) form of this smaller plant around here, but I have not seen many. Hope this helps. It should be available at the Aroid show in Miami later this month. Cheers, Julius ju-bo@msn.com

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