Monstera Deliciosa is considered a national favorite foliage plant, one that almost every beginner has tried when starting out in ornamental gardening. Therefore, it's understandable that nurseries have created many different mutated varieties. This article by KLA Garden attempts to list all of them. Monstera deliciosa most common mutation as of now (early 2024).
Monstera plants have many Advantages and disadvantages vary depending on the type of mutation.
Monstera Deliciosa Albo
Monstera Deliciosa Albo variegata random white mutation on leaves, white patches of different sizes, sometimes occupying half of the leaf or the entire surface.
Monstera Deliciosa Albo is quite similar to Borsigiana Albo because of its small leaf form and climbing ability. This can be considered one of the first mutant lines.
Monstera Deliciosa Aurea (Marmorata)
Monstera Deliciosa Aurea variegata is a yellow and banana green mutant.
Aurea is one of the most popular and widely available mutants.
Monstera Thai Constellation
Monstera Deliciosa Thai Constellation variegata, abbreviated as Thaicon (Thai Con), is probably the most popular mutant monstera plant today.
They have random white spots on the leaves. The more spots on the leaves and the more consistent the spots, the more valuable the plant.
Monstera Thai Constellation Legacy
Like Thai Constellation which has white spots on the leaves, Legacy has a density of white spots almost evenly covering the leaf blade, but the spots are quite fine compared to other mutant variants, and combined with white patches like on Ablo mutant.
The color of Legecy tends to be more creamy white than yellow, if it is bright yellow then people call it Platinum.
Monstera Thai Constellation Platinum
Platinum is almost the same as Legacy in terms of color variation but the gold on Platium will be brighter.
Monstera Thai Constellation Creme Brulee (Crème Brûlée)
It is easy to confuse Creme Brulee and Legacy because the var density on the leaves is high, evenly covered and stable. The difference of the Creme tree is that the var has a banana yellow color (lemon yellow).
The color blocks on Creme Brulee are also large and not as smooth as Legacy.
Monstera Thai Constellation Yellow Star
It is easy to confuse Creme Brulee with Yellow star because they are quite similar. Yellow star has many creamy yellow spots and dark green when the leaves are old.
Monstera Deliciosa Green Snow
Green snow (green snow) is also called Monstera White snow if the lemon yellow color on the green snow leaves is less, instead there is white.
The green color on the Green Snow tree is said to be quite darker than other varieties.
Monstera Thai Constellation Medusa
Like Oceana, Medusa is also a mutant of leaf morphology. Their coloration also has the same mutated spots as an original Thaicon tree.
Monstera Thai Constellation Tricolor (Miracle)
Also known as Miracle monstera, it is a Thaicon plant with 3 'bloodlines' in it: Thaicon + Albo + Aurea, meaning the leaves are white, bright yellow, orange yellow and have the characteristic white spots of a Thaicon plant.
Tricolor plants often have unstable genes, so on a single plant sometimes only a few leaves have three layers of color.
Monstera Deliciosa White Monster
You can imagine White Monster as a plant with white leaves but with green mutations. That is, white is almost the main color of the leaf blade.
A second characteristic of the beautiful White Monster is that the color patches are very even and the white covers more area than the blue.
Monstera Thai Constellation Electro Light
Electro Light is a fairly new mutation, it inherits the Thaicon's color spots and the lemon yellow patch covers the entire leaf surface. Electro Light can be considered an Aurea + Thaicon plant but without the bright yellow color.
Monstera Deliciosa Green on Green
Green on Green is a plant quite similar to Aurea, but they will not be bright yellow. Mostly it will be lemon yellow (banana shoots) stacked with green patches.
Monstera Deliciosa Yellow Marilyn
It is a mutation similar to Aurea but the yellow patches are large and cover the leaf blade evenly.
Many places explain that Yellow Marilyn is a tree whose yellow color changes from when it is young to when it is large and mature. However, after consulting many sources, this is not entirely true.
The color of mutants also sometimes changes depending on growing conditions and many other factors.
Monstera Deliciosa Oceana (Contorta)
Oceana is a mutation of leaf form rather than color. They can look very similar to Albo, Aurea or Green on Green.
The characteristic of Oceana is the unusual leaf shape, sometimes slightly deformed, so each Oceana tree is a unique individual, no tree is exactly like another tree.
Monstera Deliciosa Mint (Mint Monstera)
Mint Monstera is the most popular mutation in all Monstera families because of its attractive color and rarity.
To make it easier to imagine, we can say that Mint is a Green on Green tree, but the blend of green and white is very even and smooth, creating impressive patches called "mint".
Monstera Deliciosa White Lava
If anyone knows the tree Colocasia White lava then you will immediately realize why this monstera plant is named as such even though they have a yellow color mutation and not white.
White Lava is said to be quite rare and its origin is unknown.
Monstera Deliciosa Brazil form (Monstera Form 6)
Brazilian form is a mutant plant in leaf morphology, meaning their leaves have a different shape than normal.
Form 6 has neatly split leaves, few holes, the slits are not too large creating a harmonious layout.
Monstera Deliciosa Sierrana
Monstera Deliciosa Sierrana is very similar to Form 6 but has a more pointed leaf base, large grooves and a pointed tip creating a slender leaf shape. Monstera Deliciosa Sierrana leaves are also smaller than Form 6.
Monstera Deliciosa 'Burle Marx Flame' (Monstera Form 8)
Monstera Form 8 is also a leaf morphology mutant.
Their leaves are tapered and pointed, with very large slits that take up almost the entire leaf surface.
Monstera Deliciosa Sport 'Unniiae'
Unniiae or Unique is a mutant plant in leaf shape. The grooves are very large like Form 8.
The leaf tips of Monstera Unniiae are not very similar to M.Medusa. But the most outstanding feature of Unniiae is probably the impressive raised leaf veins.
Monstera Deliciosa Pink Majesty
Pink Monstera, the final boss is here! It first appeared in 2021 and took the online community by storm, but up until now no one has seen it with their own eyes.
The final conclusion is that this is almost 100% a PTS result to get likes.
Above are the 18 most popular mutant Monstera deliciosa varieties today. See more monstera plants at the KLA Garden library.
How many more mutant monsteras will botanists produce in 2024? Let's wait and see!
If you know of any other Monstera deliciosa mutants, please share them with us via our fanpage or email. KLA Garden greatly appreciates your contributions.
