Species · genus Monstera · Araceae

Silver Monstera

Monstera siltepecana Matuda

Growth habit

climber

Native range

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Reference · M. siltepecana

Cultivars of M. siltepecana

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under M. siltepecana yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Monstera siltepecana is a Central American climbing aroid that begins life on the forest floor and ascends tree trunks, rooting as it goes. Give it bright indirect light, a chunky well-draining mix, and a support to climb, and water when the top inch or two of mix has dried. As a climbing understory plant it favors warmth and elevated humidity, but its aerial habit means it rots if left sitting wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

18–29 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining aroid mix with bark and perlite

Propagation

Stem cuttings rooted in water or moist mix

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate mouth and digestive tract This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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