On my monsteras I allow the roots to climb other plants and structures for support like they would in a natural environment. My largest M. deliciosa has wedged itself behind the electrical work and grown clear into the soil below the bench as well. I also have other specimens which I put at the bottom of Rubber trees and the vines grow like crazy. Some people build spanish moss towers to train the roots, but I find them interesting so I leave them visable. I doubt it would hurt it to cut them off, and I know that in low humidity conditions the roots will die back if they don't come in contact with soil. Peace, Nate

The purpose of the aerial roots is to grow down into the soil as the plant's stem gets a larger diameter and gets longer, to anchor the plant and allow it to climb. Cutting it would serve little purpose, especially if it has only the one leaf at present time. Those roots should grow pretty quickly down to the soil line and bury themselves, but, you can speed the process by doing what Mentha said, bury the stem farther in the pot. Your plant may have poor variegation for two reasons: either, again like Mentha said, it has never received enough light and needs more, or it may be a genetically weak example of the variegated Monstera. The variegation on these plants is variable. All have the gene for variegation, but whether it is well expressed in each specimen is another thing. If you give it more light and let it start to climb, so that the leaves will get larger as it goes up, you will give it the best chance to reach its full potential.

Not sure if you meant it was a cutting without roots when you got or if it was just newly rooted. i have a bunch of these rooted in water around the house. They put out new leaves pretty quickly, as soon as the new roots start pushing out. In soil. They take a bit longer. Your plant has a lot of leaf already, so if it is still growing roots, it might take a while.

My apologies if my wording made it seem like I was asking what the white is. I sought, and spent the extra dime, on the variegated variety of Monstera Deliciosa as I find it gorgeous. I meant to ask about retaining the pure white sections of the variegation. These pure white sections contain no chlorophyll and therefore do not contribute to production of food for the plant. These sections are "parasitic" to the remainder of the plant as the green parts need to work extra to support these non-producing sections. From everything that I have read these are the first parts that the plant kills off when conditions are less than ideal. This explains why some of the leaves are so rough looking. The pure white parts have died off so food could be used elsewhere in the plant. My question is if anyone has noticed that either light, or nutrients plays a larger role in keeping the pure white parts from dying off? Im also aware that Monstera Deliciosa is a vine so it will never be anything other than that. I guess in my mind I am thinking that there may be a tactic that could be used similar to that used on FLFs to grow new branches (vines) in selected areas. From what I know vines branch out and will split to form multiple stems off the main one. I'm curious if it is possible to promote additional growth in Monstera Deliciosa off the main stem. To create a cut on the stem to block the travel of a certain component in the stem (I forget exactly what) and therefore causing a new growth at that location. Has anyone else dealt with leggy Monstera Deliciosa's that eventually gained new growth in the "long" or leggy sections?