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25 40cm monstera adansonii monkey mask 12cm pot house plant Monstera Obliqua | Monkey MaskMonstera Obliqua: The Delicate Climber with Exquisite Lace The Monstera Obliqua, also known as the Lacy Monstera, Monkey Mask, or Perforated Leaf Monstera, is a rare and highly sought after houseplant prized for its breathtaking, ultra fenestrated (extremely holey) foliage. Unlike its more common cousin, the Monstera Deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant), the Obliqua boasts even more dramatic cutouts, resembling exquisite lace. Plant Height: 25cm Pot Width:
Monstera Obliqua: The Delicate Climber with Exquisite Lace
The Monstera Obliqua, also known as the Lacy Monstera, Monkey Mask, or Perforated Leaf Monstera, is a rare and highly sought-after houseplant prized for its breathtaking, ultra-fenestrated (extremely holey) foliage. Unlike its more common cousin, the Monstera Deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant), the Obliqua boasts even more dramatic cutouts, resembling exquisite lace.
Plant Height: 25cm
Pot Width: 12cm
Here's what makes Monstera Obliqua special:
- Exquisite leaves: This plant's defining feature is its large, heart-shaped leaves with deep, irregular holes that can take up a significant portion of the leaf area. The intricate perforations create a stunning, lace-like appearance.
- Delicate and unique: The Monstera Obliqua is a slower-growing climber compared to other Monsteras. Its delicate leaves and trailing vine make it a truly unique conversation starter in any plant collection.
- Air purifying: While not as efficient as some Monstera varieties, the Obliqua still helps remove common toxins from the air, contributing to a healthier indoor environment.
While beautiful, the Monstera Obliqua is not for everyone. Here's what to consider before bringing one home:
- Challenging care: This tropical plant requires specific conditions to thrive, including warm temperatures, high humidity, and bright, indirect sunlight. It's more suited for experienced plant enthusiasts who can provide consistent care.
- Slower growth: Be patient! The Monstera Obliqua is a slow grower, so don't expect rapid bursts of new foliage.
Monstera Obliqua Care Tips:
- Light: Needs bright, indirect sunlight. Avoid direct sun which can scorch the leaves.
- Water: Keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
- Humidity: Thrives in high humidity environments. Regular misting, a pebble tray filled with water, or a humidifier are essential.
- Toxicity: Mildly toxic to pets and humans if ingested. Keep out of reach of curious creatures and little ones.
Monstera Obliqua Bonus Tip!
Monstera Obliqua is a natural climber. Provide a moss pole or trellis for it to climb and achieve a more dramatic and space-saving effect. Propagating this plant can be tricky, so it's best to enjoy the existing foliage rather than attempting propagation unless you're an experienced plant parent.
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★★★★★ 5
An adorable book
Format: Paperback
This is an adorable book. I bought it because I needed to know more about AI, and this exemplar seemed perfect to me. And it was.
I had already read several books on AI, dozens in fact, and let's say this is one of the best. First: the tone (the author is very nice); secondly, the drawings (always adding clarity), and thirdly, the scope (it covers all the main topics, including ethical and technological issues).
The problem with books on AI is that some authors begin to talk on AI in a very effective manner, but then, before you realize, they start pontificating on all the evils that it brings with it, and the perverse people behind the scene trying to kidnap your soul (or your money). Believe me, I tremble every time I read on AI because I know what possibly is going to happen after the first fifty pages. This is not the case. Janelle Shane goes to the point, shows you the magic, and the limits of this pervasive science, without painting the horror movie some others make you watch.
Highly recommended for all those interested in passing a couple of days of good reading on AI topics, learning on them, and enjoying a very entertaining author.
Five brilliant stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
★★★★★ 5
A fun, accessible introduction to how AI works...and how it sometimes doesn't!
Format: Hardcover
Still relevant despite recent advances in AI-generated imagery and text, because the new systems still work on the same principles as the ones that were around three years ago. They just have a lot more data and processing power. This also means they have the same limitations and blind spots. What was it trained on? *How* was it trained? (This is the most obvious way human bias can leak into an AI model.) How well is the goal specified? And of course, did the AI actually latch onto relevant details, or did it notice that all the training pictures labeled sheep had green fields and blue skies, and completely ignore the actual sheep?
These are things to keep in mind as we enter the landscape of generative AI tools like ChatGPT: You can train an LLM to write a book review, and it'll give you a great piece of text that *reads* like a book review -- but it's not going to have actually evaluated the book. For that, you'd have to train *another* AI to categorize books as good, bad, interesting, dull, and so on. But even that can only be as good as its training data. (I don't remember whether the classic phrase "garbage in, garbage out" is used anywhere in the book, but it still applies today!)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023
★★★★★ 4
If you want a book on the details of AI without math and statistics, this is it
Format: Paperback
I had this book a year or two back and then sold a lot of books as they piled up. After that I read a good number of books on AI. Of those, Ethan Mollick's book Co-Intelligence is best for the user end. But then there was still the issue of how do they do it?
If you want to understand the process how AI works, there are a few books like this. Melanie Mitchell tends to focus on pictures. When you read ANY of these book, you will come to a page where you think "this makes no sense." You get there because the way AI chops up information and stores it in "cells" and then processes in stages (deep learining, hidden layers) is not how we think. They are not brains, though the neural network has some similarity to ours. You will simply need to finish the book. This one or the one you bought. Then read another one, if needed. It will make a lot of sense if you finish the book. Then you just generalize where you are at. I am never going to write Python or get deeply involved in tha manner. I am quite familiar with the free vesrions and I am able to check what summaries I get from AI. I will also keep up with the language part of it. AI does not study grammar the way we do. It looks for patterns in millions of examples.
I have since 2023 gone through most of the 20 dollar range books. This one is the best.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great, funny intro to AI
Format: Hardcover
This is a wonderful, humorous introduction to AI that is a fast read packed full of examples. It makes a great gift for friends or family who don’t know much about the field, and I imagine it would be especially interesting to teens. I loved the way she used running jokes to make connections between themes. Shane is clearly on a mission to make AI more accessible.
It’s funny, someone else said they didn’t like this book because it wasn’t enough like Shane’s tear-inducingly-hilarious blog. But here’s the thing: I can read the blog for free! I was actually nervous that I was going to be getting a repeat of the blog in book form, but it was super different. If you’re a computer science scholar, maybe skip this one, but I don’t think that was the audience Shane was trying to reach.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019
★★★★★ 3
Humorous intro-level book to AI
Format: Hardcover
If you are new to the field of AI, this is a fun read. The author does a fine job breaking down complex topics into bite-size, entertaining sections. However, if you are not new to the field of AI, you'll probably find this book boring and will find more joy in visiting the author's popular website.
Personally, I find this book forgettable and not living up to the hype.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020