Identification: Colombia Aroid ID

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  1. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Can anyone identify this aroid? The leaf has sort of an unusual "airbrushed" effect. From Valle de Cauca, Colombia.
     

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  2. Tom Hulse

    Tom Hulse Active Member 10 Years

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    My first guess would be that is a Monstera siltepecana, juvenile leaf, but I am not 100% sure.
     
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    edleigh7 Well-Known Member

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    I didnt think that plant was from Columbia....certainly looks similar
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Thank you I agree it looks quite similar but I've read that plant occurs from Southern Mexico to Honduras and of course mine was photographed in Colombia.
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Ah so it's not from Colombia then (ha ha). But seriously that is a helpful site. I am going to take another look at the plant. I am still unsure. My plant grows out of the ground and doesn't seem to be at all epiphytic. Also I don't find any examples nearby of the perforated adult leaf.
     
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    Interesting....may not even be an aroid who knows
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Yes I'm not sure it is either.
     

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