Monstera Flower
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Monstera Flower
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This very unusual, but beautiful flower is that of a common houseplant, Monstera (Monstera deliciosa). As with many house plants brought to Hawai'i, it has naturalized into wet forest areas. I can remember the very first time I was in Hawai'i in 1979, driving the Hana Road and being astounded seeing a houseplant my mother kept, wending its way up the trunks of tall palm trees. What I did not know until I moved to Hawai'i was how unsual and beautiful the flowers of this plant are. The corn-like pillar at the center is actually the fruit, which is edible. The fruit takes nearly a year to ripen. The odor of the ripening fruit is very sweet and is very pineapple-like. I tried to eat one of the fruits one time, but it is filled with tiny hair-like fibers that irritated my mouth and throat.
Featured in the following FAA group galleries:
* Macro Marvels
* Flower on Black
* Your Dolls, Soft Toys & Flowers
* Just Perfect
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September 18th, 2020
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