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Swiis Cheese Plant(costela de adão)

Monstera deliciosa

Description:

Spotted in a local garden ,i see this plant in gardens,since i was a kid the portuguese name is Adam ribbet http://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j&...

1 Species ID Suggestions

DonnEdwards
DonnEdwards 12 years ago
Swiss Cheese Plant
Monstera deliciosa


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6 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Yeah!popular names are very interesting,but i like more the latin names:-)
this one
Monstera Deliciosa,latin
Monstra Deliciosa,portuguese,it means (rufly traduce) delicious monster(femenin),it's very similar to portuguese and also funny as popular names are

Seema
Seema 12 years ago

Must be named like this for the porosity of the leaves

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

@Thanks Donn for the precision on id
@thanks for the information,in portuguese we call it Adam ribbet
@thanks Letermagog for the comment,changes made:-)
@:-)yes Karen,it's the image i have to,it seems it was"fashion" a few years ago tgo have one of those

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

I recall a time in the 1980's when nearly every English home seemed to have one of these languishing in a pot in a dark corner somewhere!

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 12 years ago

Now you can change "unknown" . Good pics!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

You are right Donna,it is also known as "split leaf Philadendron."

Porto, Portugal

Spotted on Feb 6, 2012
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012

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