Monstera deliciosa Variegata 12cm

🌿 Monstera deliciosa Variegata Care Guide

The Monstera deliciosa Variegata is one of the most iconic houseplants in the world, loved for its creamy white and minty variegation, dramatic holes and splits, and bold tropical presence. Each leaf is beautifully unique, making it a centrepiece in any plant collection.

☀️ Light

• Thrives in bright, indirect light

• Essential for maintaining strong white variegation

• Can handle gentle morning sun

• Avoid harsh direct sunlight — white areas burn fastest

• Low light = reduced variegation + leggier growth

💧 Water

• Water when the top 3–5 cm of soil are dry

• Keep soil evenly moist but never soggy

• Use a chunky aroid mix (bark + perlite + coco coir + pumice)

• Yellow leaves = overwatering

• Crisping white patches = too much sun or too little water

🌫️ Humidity

• Prefers 60–80% humidity

• Helps produce larger leaves with deeper fenestrations

• Adapts to normal indoor humidity but grows slower

🌡️ Temperature

• Ideal range: 20–28°C

• Avoid cold drafts and sudden temperature drops

• Never below 16°C

🍽️ Feeding

• Feed every 4–6 weeks during spring & summer

• Use a balanced or aroid fertilizer

• Pause feeding in winter

🌱 Growth Tips

• Loves to climb — use a moss pole or Kratiste pole for bigger, fuller leaves

• Rotate weekly for even light and symmetrical variegation

• Avoid cutting off mildly reverted leaves too soon — variegation often returns with good light

• White leaves are fragile and shorter-lived — totally normal

• Not pet-safe

💡 Big Plant Lad Wisdom

The Monstera Variegata is creamy, iconic, and irresistibly tropical — a living art piece that rewards bright light and good support with jaw-dropping, highly variegated leaves. A true collector’s statement plant. 🤍🌿✨