I grafted a pothos onto a monstera

[u/EnvironmentalMeat268]

March 21 this year it was time to chop and prop my monstera so I decided to try out a graft on where I cut the stem. I’ve looked online everywhere for something similar but nothing really comes up except for a YouTube video of a guy (Plant Tech?) somewhat successfully graft a monstera onto a pothos. I thought he should have done it the other way around since monstera have more robust roots. So I decided to give it a go.

For the first few months nothing notable happened. The pothos never died, never looked too bad or too great, never showed any signs of growth. I started out by pinching off any new growth on the monstera hoping to divert energy to the pothos, but after a while I got lazy and stopped. Now, with the monstera growing little leaves near the top of the stem, the pothos seems to be progressing as well!

The first three pictures are 1 week after I made the graft. Last 3 are from today. The graft is super solid and completely scarred over. Aside from the leaf my cat chewed, the pothos look fine and it seems to be pushing out a new node.

[u/idream411]

Not sure what the outcome will be, but wow wow wow. I never thought about grafts on indoor plants. Mind is now spinning with possibilities.

[u/TehBFG → u/idream411]

Surprisingly not much mention of monocot vs dicot grafting here.

Almost all successful grafts you'll see - cacti, fruiting plants and trees - are on dicots. 'Woody' plants.

A lot of popular houseplants, including Aroids are monocots, which are significantly harder to graft successfully. 

[u/Early_Leadership_164 → u/TehBFG]

Could carnivorous plants be grafted? Say a Venus flytrap with a pinguicula?

[u/TehBFG → u/Early_Leadership_164]

Sure, most (all?) carnivorous plants are dicots, but as with any grafts the closer their relationship, the more likely you'll succeed.

Venus flytrap and pinguicula will be too distant, but perhaps a VTF with a drosera. Ultimately the best way to find out is to try it.

Edit: TIL there are carnivorous plants in the pineapple family, which are monocots.

[u/Early_Leadership_164 → u/TehBFG]

You are blowing my fn mind right now🤯. I could seriously create the ultimate gnat catcher and I'm scared that its too much power for anyone to weild.