Swiss cheese plant

Monstera species are aroids and reproduce via the production of a spathe and spadix which is often called a "flower". The true flowers are very small and are located along the spadix. The spathe is not a flower but is instead a modified Monstera adansonii, the juvenile form is often called Monstera friedrichsthalii, Photo Copyright 2006,Russ Hammerleaf whose purpose is to provide protection to the spadix at its center.