Monstera deliciosa 'Legacy'

Legacy is a chimeric variegated sport of Monstera deliciosa: the blade keeps the standard broad, rounded deliciosa silhouette rather than any unusually narrow or dissected shape, but it carries a fine cream-yellow marbling and streaking running throughout the blade alongside the deep green, rather than a clean sectoral split, closer to a dense, all-over speckled pattern than two solid colour blocks. It shares the same climbing, hemiepiphytic growth habit and aerial-root support requirement as standard deliciosa, but is markedly slower to mature.

Native range

Spontaneous chimeric sport mutation of Monstera deliciosa.

Classification

Genus

Monstera

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Climbing on aerial roots

Form of

Monstera deliciosa

Morphology

Leaf shape

Broadly ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base., cordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches. with deep fenestrations (standard deliciosa silhouette)

Leaf length

40-60 cm

Leaf width

30-50 cm

Petiole colour

Green, yellow-streaked

Venation

PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein., prominent midrib

Texture

Leathery, semi-glossy

Variegation

Fine cream-yellow marbling and streaking running throughout the deep green blade, an aureaVariegation featuring yellow, gold, or lime-coloured patches.-type variegation with a dense, all-over speckled pattern rather than a clean sectoral split, not a shape mutation

Growth habit

Climbing