Species · genus Rhaphidophora · Araceae

Mini Monstera

Rhaphidophora tetrasperma Hook.f.

Growth habit

climber

Native range

Malaya, Thailand

Reference · R. tetrasperma

Cultivars of R. tetrasperma

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

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

Guide

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A tropical climbing aroid from the understory of Malaya and Thailand, where it scrambles up trees toward filtered light. Give it bright indirect light and a support to climb, and water when the top inch of mix is dry, letting it approach dryness rather than sitting wet. As a climbing epiphyte it favors a chunky, free-draining mix and steady warmth.

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

Medium

Temperature

18–29 °C

Soil mix

Chunky, well-draining aroid mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings rooted at a node

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 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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