I'm sorry, I don't get it. Why would I buy a monstera that looks like an aurea (you can buy a normal small aurea for ~ 30 € around here), but is twisted and gnarled, like this. Twisted and gnarled leaves like that just scream "heeeelp, check me for bugs!", at least to me.
If you do understand what it's about with this "ocean green coral aurea", you'd be very welcome to educate me 💚
by Outrageous_Ocelot723
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That looks under-watered, damaged and 100% not worth money.
Expensive spinach
Either u get a cheap ass car/nice tv/nice pc/literally so much or a half dead plant
Lol
Sorry, I understand that mutated leaves like this are unappealing to some, but this is clearly not a regular aurea. Notice the other comments “not worth money” — no. It’s not worth it TO THEM. But there is a market for mutated leaves. I think this looks super cool. Would I spend that much to get it? No. But that’s the beauty of free will! Nature does crazier stuff to plants than we could ever dream of.
Biologically speaking, think of a leaf like solar panel. When it’s all warped and wrinkly like this, the plant still gets energy, but at a reduced quality. These plants will grow slower and require more light to become large specimens in comparison to your plain jane deliciosa. Are they sick and dying? Absolutely not.
What causes this? Uneven cell proliferation, or basically sections of cells growing faster (or slower) than the others.
It looks almost like an induced mutation. I wonder if it’s even stable.
… is it okay??? (all these mutated varieties look like the poor plant needs help, please stop it)
Are people genuinely making money off this type of bs?
That’s def an underwatering issue