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title: "Mona, my monstera, just opened up a new leaf and she is looking so…"
description: "Mona, my monstera, just opened up a new leaf and she is looking so full and gorgeous!! I can’t get over it. 😍😍 She started as a leaf cutting gifted to me…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/fusNGVtRJ4eenNZbGVVcYa"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Jackie Grows"
published: "2025-07-18T21:36:29.957151Z"
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# Mona, my monstera, just opened up a new leaf and she is looking so…

_Posted by Jackie Grows on 2025-07-18_

Mona, my monstera, just opened up a new leaf and she is looking so full and gorgeous!! I can’t get over it. 😍😍 She started as a leaf cutting gifted to me from my mother-in-law.

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## 8 comments

### Sapphire commented on 2025-07-18

She looks so healthy and happy!

### Hay commented on 2025-07-18

Gorgeous! Is that a moss pole or coco pole you’re using? I’m having trouble with mine

#### Jackie Grows replied on 2025-07-19

I believe it’s a stackable coco pole. It seems to be doing okay, though in hindsight, I think a moss pole would have been a better plan so that the aerial roots had something to grow into.

#### Hay replied on 2025-07-21

I built a moss pole but it’s so unsteady and difficult to keep moist 🙃

#### Jackie Grows replied on 2025-07-21

Yeah, mine can be a bit unsteady too, and I don’t even bother trying to keep it moist lol! Seems to be an okay temporary solution though.

### PrettyLittleThings commented on 2025-07-19

Gorgeous!

### Meara commented on 2025-07-21

How long did it take to get those fenestrated leaves??

#### Jackie Grows replied on 2025-07-21

My plant came from a cutting of a leaf that was already fenestrated, so it’s new leaves already had them too. My mother in law had the plant for a couple years before it became large enough to have leaves like these ones.

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