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When is a swiss cheese plant not a swiss cheese plant? When it’s a Raphidophora tetrasperma. Sold under a bewildering number of names – most confusingly Monstera minima – while it’s in the same botanical family as that most archetypal, split-leaved houseplant Monstera deliciosa, the kinship isn’t a close one. Neither is it a philodendron, another distant cousin, though all of these can rightly be called aroids (technically Araceae). All of which is very fascinating and informative, but simply looking at the thing, you can’t help but see the reason for the confusion, and so perhaps thinking of it as a mini swiss cheese plant is not that unreasonable. Indulging in a bit of pseudo taxomony though (Monstera minima), should always be frowned upon – it’s just confusing.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
