Re: [gardeners] November in a Los Angeles Garden
AMGarden@aol.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 06:28:31 EST
In a message dated 11/4/99 6:54:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, kay@fern.com
writes:
> You might well have a blooming size Monstera (cut leaf philodendron).
> When ripe, the individual segments taste of pineapple and banana, and
> are very good. However, there are some nasty little hairs that you
> have to be careful of, as they stick in your tongue.
Kay,
These things are huge. I am talking plants that are 6 - 8 ft across with
leaves that are at least 2 ft across and most larger. They flower between
leaf stalks with that Jack in the pulpit on steroids look ;-). I have never
seen the hairs you are speaking of. Course I have never tried to eat one
either. Don't think I will start now.
The leaves more resemble the ones under philodendron in the A-Z and do not
match the M. deliciosa under Monstera, so I guess they are not the same.
Monstera lists breadfruit as being one of it's names. Mine more resembles
the Philodendron bipinnatifidum under which it states "all parts may cause
severe discomfort if ingested."
Anne in FL