In the Devils garden where delicious monster dwell...
There is a tropical plant native to Central America which goes by several names. One of the most colorful nicknames is Monstera Delicisiosa or delicious monster. The monstrous part is not hard to figure out. The unripened fruit of the plant contains oxalic acid. This is reminiscent of the Alien monsters in a Sigourney Weaver movie-acid for blood. The delicious designation comes from the fully matured fruit. When the fruit of the plant is ready to eat, it is said to smell heavenly and to have a flavor reminiscent of fruit salad. A mixture of pineapple and banana. Some other names for the plant are Mexican Breadfruit and Locusts and Wild Honey. If you are an adventurous eater there may be a delicious monster in your future.
Another appellation for the delicious monster is Swiss Cheese plant. This tropical plant has deeply lobed leaves that can grow to be two feet wide and three feet long. The mature leaves develop naturally occurring holes throughout the leaf that make it appear that predation by some ravenous insect is occurring. However the holes are natural. These holes lead us naturally to yet another name for the plant, namely the hurricane plant. Some folks with a colorful imagination have speculated that the many holes in the plant increase its ability to survive a hurricane.
In the wild a Swiss Cheese plant can grow 20 to 30 feet long. The plant is a member of the Arum family and it is an epiphyte or air pant. Such plants tend to grow on other plants and receive nourishment from the air, or dead leaves or insects.
There is a tropical plant native to Central America which goes by several names. One of the most colorful nicknames is Monstera Delicisiosa or delicious monster. The monstrous part is not hard to figure out. The unripened fruit of the plant contains oxalic acid. This is reminiscent of the Alien monsters in a Sigourney Weaver movie-acid for blood. The delicious designation comes from the fully matured fruit. When the fruit of the plant is ready to eat, it is said to smell heavenly and to have a flavor reminiscent of fruit salad. A mixture of pineapple and banana. Some other names for the plant are Mexican Breadfruit and Locusts and Wild Honey. If you are an adventurous eater there may be a delicious monster in your future.
Another appellation for the delicious monster is Swiss Cheese plant. This tropical plant has deeply lobed leaves that can grow to be two feet wide and three feet long. The mature leaves develop naturally occurring holes throughout the leaf that make it appear that predation by some ravenous insect is occurring. However the holes are natural. These holes lead us naturally to yet another name for the plant, namely the hurricane plant. Some folks with a colorful imagination have speculated that the many holes in the plant increase its ability to survive a hurricane.
In the wild a Swiss Cheese plant can grow 20 to 30 feet long. The plant is a member of the Arum family and it is an epiphyte or air pant. Such plants tend to grow on other plants and receive nourishment from the air, or dead leaves or insects.
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Comments
Sounds like its ripe. You might want to have a university type check it out to be sure but it sounds like it's now or never as far as having a taste.
Mrs P J Nightingale
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11/05/2009
Hi. Ive got a ripened fruit on my cheese plant thats been kept in my conservatory in Herts, England. Its been on the plant about a year and has recently started dropping the kernels. Im unsure if Im brave enough to actually taste it though!!
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