Just musing about plants today. Why don’t we see monstera hybrids? There seems to be and endless number of hybrid philodendrons and anthuriums hitting the rare plant market all the time. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a hybrid monstera 🤔 I’ll google it, but I still wanted to post in case someone wanted to get into a nerdy thought bubble with me 💭 I had this thought because the non-variegated philodendron white knight that I’ve had for about two years has given me its second surprise variegated leaf (not even on the same plant lol since the main one came with smaller pups). While I was admiring the white on burgundy on green layered variegation, I thought of how stunning a red variegated monster deliciosa would be! Gotta get those mad scientist growers in Thailand working on that lol So from there I thought about how many color varieties philodendrons come in compared to how few monsteras show. Which lead to thinking of the very colorful philodendron hybrids out there, which lead to my initial rhetorical question. I know some plant genuses can be very hard to propagate via pollination in “captivity,” which can contribute to lack of success hybridizing, besides just gene compatibility Like I said, I shall google it as well, but I wanted to try to bring some of my fellow nerds to the yard 😂💚 Pictures for tax. Please ignore the water drop spotting on the older leaves, I saw a thrip so I dowsed everyone in a spray with diatomaceous earth lol
