Episode two: Monstera deliciosa, the swiss cheese plant




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Summary: This week we move from the enclosed world of the terrarium to the weird, wild world of Monstera deliciosa, aka the Swiss cheese plant or split leaf philodendron. My first guest, the legendary organic gardener Bob Flowerdew, explains how it grows in the wild and what its fruit (yes fruit) tastes like (scroll down for a picture...) while author and historian Ethne Clarke consider's the swiss cheese plant's role as an iconic plant in interior design since the 1950s onward.