MONSTERA DELICIOSA ‘UNNIIAE’
ORIGIN:
Camilla Holm
CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:
Growth Habit: Stem and petioles are pretty much the same as a normal monstera deliciosa large form. The internodal spacing is semi short (I’m growing mine indoors without growtent but with extra light, and I think with better growth conditions it would probably size up faster and maybe have shorter internodal spacing).
NOTES:
Registered on the IAS aroid cultivar registry. Accepted: Yes; Cultivar Type: Sport; Originator: Camilla Holm. Name origin: Unni is the name of my youngest daughter. It comes from the name of one of the nine daughters of the seagod Ægir and seagoddess Ran in Nordic mythology and means small wave, new/young or loved. Except the fact that I’d love to have my daughter naming the plant as a legacy to her I also think the sea-theme suits this plant’s typical traits. Both the leaves and the propagations when they start to grow have a strong resemblance to seaweed moving in the waves of the ocean. The ending-iae is, as you probably know, the Latin female ending of “her plant”. I did have someone tell me I cannot use this for a cultivar but since I have no other name now at least I wanted to start this process with you and maybe get some advice on what is an ok name to give a potential cultivar. (As a comment to the next question in this form - no, I haven’t released it to the public yet. It’s been in my care since I found it as a seedling in April 2021. I have done propagations on it and at the moment I’m offering one up for auction, so really soon it will be “released to the public” too.)
STORY:
STORY TITLE: A seedling at the garden center
Camilla Holm found the plant in April 2021 as a seedling at a local garden center, sharing a pot with about three ordinary Monstera deliciosa. Its leaves had striped, textured undersides, one even carrying a wing-like lip beneath, and as it grew the dark, webbed texture spread over the whole underside of the mature leaves. Cuttings taken in March 2022 each sent up two to four shoots from a single node, without hormones, and all stayed true to the parent plant.¹ Unni is the name of Camilla Holm's youngest daughter, taken from one of the nine daughters of the sea god Ægir and the sea goddess Rán in Norse mythology and meaning small wave, new or loved; the-iae ending is the Latin feminine possessive, and the sea theme fits leaves that move like seaweed in a swell. The registrant asked the registry for guidance on the ending when applying.¹
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Camilla Holm