Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Not a Monstera?, 1 by johnpeten

johnpeten wrote:
My concept of Philodendron and Monstera has obviously been very wrong. Not surprising as the experts on their expeditions to Guatemala also got themselves into a mess.
P. lacerum is not listed in the Guatemalan Flora but there is a note that it was said to be found in the Peten but mis identified and was probably P. radiatum. P. radiatum is closer than P. lacerum and is said to have at least 10 variations. It is also deeply pinnatifid with 5 to 10 lobes.
The only fly in the ointment is the spathe which is supposed to have a pale purple interior, mine do not.