I’d say rare in that I don’t expect it to be around long.. Sorry to be blunt, but that little sliver of green is gonna have a real hard time providing for all that white tissue
Few-Emotion5807
I would consider it dead…
Motor_Crow4482
I consider them rare! I think they’re seeing the same effect as Thai Cons have been with their availability increasing, but I still consider them rare.
arcos00
“Rare” is very relative. This is not your run of the mill adansonii that although beautiful in its own right, you can find at almost every nursery in the world. So in that sense it is definitely rare.
But you can find it in lots of countries (in some you will have to dig a bit for fancier nurseries or private sellers, maybe in others you can find them at big box stores) and it is not too expensive nowadays. So, not so rare in that sense.
A lot of my friends have adansoniis, but I have a couple of variegated ones (not very different to yours, although a bit more mature) that they don’t have. So in my circle, it is definitely rare!
Whether it’s rare or not, the most important thing is if you enjoy it.
My advice on this plant is to watch out for completely white leaves. This seems like an adansonii Archipelago, so the white leaves should slowly start turning green-mint. If they don’t and you get a few completely white leaves in a row, you should consider chopping it just above the most recent leaf that has some green.
Kindly_Philosophy423
Better hope it puts on more green or this is a dead plant.. planting
Fvkn420_
Albo/high var plants do that from time to time, it’s good to cut them back when it happens, but whoever sold that hopefully was upfront about the likely out come.
If that were my plant I would get keiki paste and try to find a section of the node that has green, if any, and apply it there specifically. You might have time but that plant is on its death bed without a promising leaf in the works.
stellabarnum
I’d say it’s gonna be rare in about three months when it’s starved itself to death from no chlorophyll
cussy-munchers
I would consider myself an idiot for buying a plant with very minimal green on it 🫡
LeafyPOP_
Got it, she’s a goner. I’ll enjoy it while it’s here.
adrian_elliot
This will not live long. No chlorophyll to photosynthesize
Wayward_Plants
Your plant is lacking enough chlorophyll to sustain life. It won’t survive long. You got, got.
NixWickedGarden
Not very rare anymore. Still, VERY NICE plants. Yeah, that many leaves coming out White is a BIG “Uh OH”. Unless you get some new leaves pushing out some Green the plant will eventually brown & fail. It needs a good percentage of green to photosynthesize. My Variegated Adansonii had the opposite happen. It reverted to green. Chopped it back hoping to get Variegation back. I took some of the clippings and put them in water. I have a new leaf growing out of one with a half moon leaf!
bevelup_
I’d personally consider that plant to have a death wish. Only thing really rare about it is the days it has left
3ndler
In my opinion, even a variegated plant that is now easily available will remain rare to me if the variegation is balanced and gorgeous. I’ve had monstera adansonii variegata for over 2 years now and it’s incredibly hard to propogate my mother plant because it always reverts to full white or full green. A variegated plant that reverts to green loses value, while one with too much variegation that it becomes completely white is also no good. Even nowadays its rare to find a simple monstera albo with balanced variegation and one that is exceptionally pretty to me!
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I’d say rare in that I don’t expect it to be around long.. Sorry to be blunt, but that little sliver of green is gonna have a real hard time providing for all that white tissue
I would consider it dead…
I consider them rare! I think they’re seeing the same effect as Thai Cons have been with their availability increasing, but I still consider them rare.
“Rare” is very relative. This is not your run of the mill adansonii that although beautiful in its own right, you can find at almost every nursery in the world. So in that sense it is definitely rare.
But you can find it in lots of countries (in some you will have to dig a bit for fancier nurseries or private sellers, maybe in others you can find them at big box stores) and it is not too expensive nowadays. So, not so rare in that sense.
A lot of my friends have adansoniis, but I have a couple of variegated ones (not very different to yours, although a bit more mature) that they don’t have. So in my circle, it is definitely rare!
Whether it’s rare or not, the most important thing is if you enjoy it.
My advice on this plant is to watch out for completely white leaves. This seems like an adansonii Archipelago, so the white leaves should slowly start turning green-mint. If they don’t and you get a few completely white leaves in a row, you should consider chopping it just above the most recent leaf that has some green.
Better hope it puts on more green or this is a dead plant.. planting
Albo/high var plants do that from time to time, it’s good to cut them back when it happens, but whoever sold that hopefully was upfront about the likely out come.
If that were my plant I would get keiki paste and try to find a section of the node that has green, if any, and apply it there specifically. You might have time but that plant is on its death bed without a promising leaf in the works.
I’d say it’s gonna be rare in about three months when it’s starved itself to death from no chlorophyll
I would consider myself an idiot for buying a plant with very minimal green on it 🫡
Got it, she’s a goner. I’ll enjoy it while it’s here.
This will not live long. No chlorophyll to photosynthesize
Your plant is lacking enough chlorophyll to sustain life. It won’t survive long. You got, got.
Not very rare anymore. Still, VERY NICE plants. Yeah, that many leaves coming out White is a BIG “Uh OH”. Unless you get some new leaves pushing out some Green the plant will eventually brown & fail. It needs a good percentage of green to photosynthesize. My Variegated Adansonii had the opposite happen. It reverted to green. Chopped it back hoping to get Variegation back. I took some of the clippings and put them in water. I have a new leaf growing out of one with a half moon leaf!
I’d personally consider that plant to have a death wish. Only thing really rare about it is the days it has left
In my opinion, even a variegated plant that is now easily available will remain rare to me if the variegation is balanced and gorgeous. I’ve had monstera adansonii variegata for over 2 years now and it’s incredibly hard to propogate my mother plant because it always reverts to full white or full green. A variegated plant that reverts to green loses value, while one with too much variegation that it becomes completely white is also no good. Even nowadays its rare to find a simple monstera albo with balanced variegation and one that is exceptionally pretty to me!
I would considerbit soon to be dead.