I never knew until a few days ago that the ubiquitous monstera – also known as the fruit salad plant and the Swiss cheese plant – belonged to a family called aroids.
Frankly, I’d rather be called a Swiss cheese plant than something reminiscent of steroids and adenoids.
An aroid, Auntie Google told me after I had convinced her I wasn’t searching ‘android’, is anyone of various perennial herbs in the Araceae family, having tiny flowers crowded in a spadix that is subtended by a spathe. Spadix and spathe.
Even worse. But no matter what I think of the names associated with these plants, there’s no denying they are flavour of the month, enjoying a revival of the 1970s jungle aesthetic.
Back then, everyone had a fruit salad plant in their flat. Now, everyone has one on their phone case. There are statement wallpapers, block mounted artworks, duvets and cushion covers. Who would have thought?
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der January 27, 2020-Ausgabe von New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
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