tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post4895728828962174278..comments2024-03-26T01:02:28.347+11:00Comments on Talking Plants: Monster Swiss cheese plant in search of black holesTalking Plantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-82425823831061807622017-07-18T23:00:35.743+10:002017-07-18T23:00:35.743+10:00Yes, you are right, mispronounced beautifully. I&#...Yes, you are right, mispronounced beautifully. I'll have to break the bad habit myself! Michael Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008754566698555083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-81735057718983308802017-07-18T20:19:30.377+10:002017-07-18T20:19:30.377+10:00I expect many of your non-gardening friends called...I expect many of your non-gardening friends called it Monsteria, rather than Monstera, which I have to confess I did as a child (I blame my parents, for everything!).<br />TimTalking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-26715388322547731542017-07-18T19:54:18.268+10:002017-07-18T19:54:18.268+10:00How fascinating thinking about the purpose of the ...How fascinating thinking about the purpose of the 'holes'. Certainly light, water and air movement is improved to the shadowed lower leaves. <br />Funnily, many years ago in my youth in Queensland, it was one of the few plants my non gardening friends would refer to by its full botanical name, ( and no one mentioning any regional type of cheese, where is the red wax anyhow?) I guess the name rolls off the tongue and sounds so good. Michael Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008754566698555083noreply@blogger.com