Talk:Monstera deliciosa

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This could be a case of "where you were brought up" -- like whether you pronounce tomato as tom-ARE-tow or tom-AY-tow. What do I mean? I grew up (in Australia) knowing the plants in my back yard as monstereo (note: not monstrea, and nothing to do with Mexico or breadfruit) and calling the fruit by the same name. I ate of it when the plants fruited, which was too infrequently for my liking, as I did enjoy it. So, I will not get into a to-and-fro about naming. My variation monstereo is in there, as is the Mexican breadfruit. Peter Ellis 05:50, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Researching monstereo on the web, I am inclined to believe it is definitely a typically Australian thing; in fact, an Australian alternative band (Girl Monstar) seems to have released an album titled Monstereo delicio. I also didn't mean to offend, and was trying to put what I had seen as the most popular names on the web closer to the front. You are definitely more of an expert than I on the subject, having actually eaten the fruit. I'll move the name up a bit :) --Jkeiser 05:56, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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This article states, "The custard-like flesh is then cut away from the core and eaten". This is not esactly true. I now live in Miami, Florida, not to far from the world famous Fairchild Botonical Garden, on an acre covered with a myrid of tropical plants and trees, including mango, lychee nut and advacodo trees, various strains of bamboo and palms and several dozen Monstera deliciosa plants. My observation of the Monstera in its maturation, blooming and fruiting processes (most of which I have documented with photos). I have observed the mature fruit as follows: after the green "scales" pop off as the covering of the enclosed fruit spike which then resembles a large ear of shucked corn in size and in particularly the kernels which contain a very soft jelly like grey substance that is the basic component of the ripened fruit. A cross section photo cdonfirms this observation.

I have also found, through observation, that the Florida grey snail is the arch enemy of this plant. I have attempted to document this fact but have been unsuccessful in this attempt.

I believe that this Article can be more thoroughly fleshed out into a more comprehensive Article. Any comments?Kencook 11:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Please do flesh it out! I don't know a lot about Monstera--I just went and grabbed information off the Web about it--so I can't really say much about what you are saying. My only suggestion is to make sure all your information can be independently verified (cite your sources, whether they be books or web sites or other things), and importantly try to make sure it does not conflict with the sources already in the article--if it does, you may have a local variation that is different than most Monstera. In general Wikipedia is not for original research. See Wikipedia:No_original_research for information on this principle. Jkeiser 05:03, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the info.

 Thank you for the introduction to the basics.  I will definitely use them. I must find
verifiable sources to back up my research and observations and include them without referring
to my original research and observations is what you are saying?  However I may submit photos
that I have taken.  I have already found a referance concerning "kernal"Kencook 18:37, 28
September 2006 (UTC)

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I assume the holes help protect the plant from damage in heavy rainfall? Drutt 15:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)