r/MonsteraAlbo

A month ago, I was pretty worried because the Monstera Albo I ordered online spent four days in a shipping box. It arrived with a few brown leaves, droopy foliage, and one leaf that was only halfway unfurled.
Fast forward four weeks, and that half-open leaf has fully unfurled into a beautiful half-moon variegation, and now there’s already a new leaf on the way! 😍 Safe to say it’s finally feeling at home.

I feel like my albo would love direct sunlight but I can’t provide any unfortunately- it’s always lurking around the corner right at the window. I would like it to size up but it’s slow- it has fenestrations on both sides of the leaves for a while now (except for winter) but isn’t really getting much bigger with length - two plants on a pole in the picture. I’m just wondering if it’s time for chop&prop again

Meet Morty, my Monstera Albo (propagated by my cousin 🌱)

I got him on March 2026 & noticed that he got very little variegation. What I know is variegation depends on the stem’s genetics, however I was wondering about the existing leaves.

- Is there any chance that the current green-dominant leaves produce more white patches as they mature?

- Will there be any chance that future new leaves will produce more white variegation?

This is my first experience on Monstera Albo, so any insights will be appreciated! 😊

what is it, how much was it, where did you get it, looking for ideas so i’d like to hear everything, feel free to drop photos aswell👍

I’ve had this Monstera albo since August 2025 and it’s been healthy until recently.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed new brown lesions with yellow halos appearing on multiple leaves. I opted to observe at first as the plant area is regularly maintained with systemic and I have not introduced a new plant to the collection. Existing spots are also enlarging, and it seems like additional existing leaves are developing new spots over time.

Initially I thought it was thrips because I’ve dealt with thrips before and the damage looked suspicious. However:

•	I’ve inspected the plant multiple times with a flashlight.

•	Checked the tops, undersides, petioles, and stem.

•	I cannot find a single adult thrip, larva, or black frass.

•	The Monstera growing right beside it just unfurled a completely healthy new leaf with no damage.

•	No other nearby plants are showing similar symptoms. In fact the other 2 other monsteras beside it are not exhibiting anything at all.

•	I treated my collection with systemic about a month ago as part of routine prevention.

• I water my plants once a week and the foliage doesn't get wet. The roots and stem look healthy.

The lesions are mostly round brown spots with distinct yellow halos. They are flat (not raised), and rubbing the underside does not produce orange/rust-colored powder.

I’m trying to determine whether this looks more like:

•	Thrips with an extremely low population,

•	Rust fungus,

•	Another fungal/bacterial leaf spot,

•	Or something else entirely.

I’d really appreciate any thoughts from people who’ve seen this before, as I’d like to identify the cause before deciding on treatment. My plants are regularly maintained and I follow a strict I isolation process when bringing in a new plant (which I have not in that area for a while).

Please be kind, my first time posting here.

Thank you!

(Photos attached.)

A while back, I had to chop this beauty because she was putting out all white leaves. The auxiliary bud seemed to be in a good spot; there was plenty of green and white. The first leaf she put out after the chop was still mostly white. Since then, the leaves have more green than the first leaf, but still too much white for me to be comfortable. Should I chop her again or wait and see if she will put out more green? The green on the leaves now seems muted compared to the deep green before she went white, and the stem is white with very little green. I love her so much, and she is so beautiful as she is, but I'm afraid she won't survive with this much white. Any and all help is appreciated!!!

Hi!
My albo has always been putting out almost only white leaves, so during a period of 2 years, i've chopped it maybe 10 times to promote more green.

After my most recent cut a few weeks back, 3 growth points were activated. I was sure it was gonna pick only one of the growth points to put out leaves, but now 2 of the growth points has put out 2 leaves each (with 3rd on the way) and one growth point has put out one leave with a second on they way.
->This means i've so far gotten 5 leaves in the same amount of time i would have gotten 1-2 leaves.

Can I be so lucky that this continues? I thought it wasn't possible to have more than one growth point, has anyone had the same happen to them and how did it end up?
I feel like maybe i chopped it so many times so the plant is tryna do anything it can to get to keep some leaves and not have them cut off all the time lol.

I need help my monatera albo is getting brown on the white leafs. I have put it in a spot with indirect light and spray it every day with filtered tap water. You got any advises how I can protect the leafs and the plant?

Chopped up my healthy albo a month or 2 ago in hopes of more variegation. Even moved them outside to get some morning direct sun. Maybe too soon to tell, but im not seeing alot of white ☹️

She is variegated and is already really busy pushing out a new leaf 🥰 I thought rather wait longer than shorter (esp. for the tiny spots on the aerial root, but they don’t seem to come through). However, a friend pointed out it might be good to transition now asap to give better support for the leaf growth. Side roots on the upper part seem fine now, I’m still hesitant tho.
What do y’all think?

Can anyone tell me if either of these plants looks like a large form Albo? The first three photos are of one plant, and the last two photos are of a different plant. Both sellers told me they were large forms, but I’m a little skeptical and wanted to get some opinions from people who have more experience identifying them. Thanks!

What do I do? I think this has been there for about 2 weeks

I work in a greenhouse and have about 20 albos that I grow and propagate. I usually chop and prop so I have small ones for people in the spring. For whatever reason I didn't get around to chopping many and now I am so glad I didn't. I was excited when I saw one albo flowering but now I have 5 plants with flowers. Im really going to try to pollinate them and fingers crossed we get to try a fruit in about a year

should i cut and propagate if so where at? only putting on small white leaves now:( had a lot die off towards the bottom

I used to keep it next to a south facing window and she was growing pretty fast but all the leaves turned brown. I thought it was sunburn so I cut the fully brown leaves and moved it away from the window. It stopped growing and now the brown is back. Maybe overwatering? 😭 It’s my favourite plant I dont want to lose it