Hello All,

I am so happy I found such a great and informative forum. I am a newbie in propagation and I'm so overly paranoid I will kill this cutting! Two days ago I purchased a highly variegated monstera albo online that has one leaf and an aerial root that had rooted. (I know - not the best way to get a monstera albo but its a surprise gift for a family member that has dreamed of this plant and their birthday is coming up)

For the last two days I have kept in perlite as I thought the roots were still so young and I'm so scared it will get root rot. My question - how harmful is it if I would take it out of the perlite to see how its doing?
(I noticed a tiny spot where its light brown crisp so I'm contemplating switching to a perlite/peat moss mixture instead to keep it moist and promote more rooting OR just planting it in a potting/perlite/orchid bark mix)

I have no clue what potting medium you should use to encourage roots but I can answer the first question: How harmful is it if I would take it out of the perlite to see how its doing?

Answer: Very harmful. Every time you move it, tug on it, take it out of the medium, you destroy little tiny root hairs trying their best to grow. You will know when its rooted because it will reward you with a new leaf.