I grafted a Pothos onto a Monstera (1 year later)
About a year ago I posted the beginning of this experiment, and most of you said it would never take. Pothos and monstera are both Araceae but different genera, and intergeneric grafts have a reputation for failing. The results might surprise you.
The graft union held and the pothos scion pushed out at least 5 new leaves. Then one day I came home to find the pothos stem chomped by my cat. Not all the way through (vascular tissue was still connected) so it didn’t die, but it stopped growing.
Until one day I noticed a new stem pushing from the axillary bud at the node below.
I pulled the other monstera that was sharing the pot, clipped the chomped bit off above the new growth, and put all my faith in the little guy shooting from the node. That was a few weeks ago.
Graft has been fully accepted. The whole plant (monstera rootstock, graft union, pothos scion, new leaves) is doing amazing. It’s living outside right now until the weather gets too hot, then back inside where it started.