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title: "What are these brown branches on my monstera? Does this mean shes…"
description: "What are these brown branches on my monstera? Does this mean shes healthy/unhealthy?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/hxsTIWpcofr5sSHhBUirt6"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Aves"
published: "2025-02-26T00:16:50.563039Z"
language: "en"
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# What are these brown branches on my monstera? Does this mean shes…

_Posted by Aves on 2025-02-26_

What are these brown branches on my monstera? Does this mean shes healthy/unhealthy?

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## 3 comments

### Abbi commented on 2025-02-26

Hard to tell without a close up but I'm pretty sure its aerial roots. Perfectly normal😉

### faye commented on 2025-02-26

looks like Ariel roots to me! she’s a healthy queen

### Plantsmybeloved commented on 2025-02-26

Those are aerial roots. In nature, they use them to climb up trees

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