#tbt to when I was at the Singapore Botanic Gardens: It’s helpful to see plants side by side so you can differentiate them: on the left is Philodendron bipinnatifidum (common name: Philodendron selloum) and on the right is Monstera deliciosa (common names: split-leaf philodendron—this one causes some confusion because the other plant is both “split-leafed” and a true philodendron, swiss cheese plant—I’d prefer to give this common name to Monstera obliqua). Personal naming preference: I’ll call the first one P. selloum only because ‘bipinnatifidum’ is a mouthful; Monstera deliciosa is just Monstera deliciosa.
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