Anthurium vittarifolium

[metalfan]

This is my Anthurium vittarifolium. I have had it for years. Guess what? It USED to be variegated. Now its not. I see these variegated ones being sold online for lots of coin. I didn't pay as much for mine as they are wanting to charge now. But I have questions about the variegation being stable. This one doesn't have a SPECK of variegation anymore. 

I have another anthurium, its a bird nest type, that is variegated. But the variegation is only on new leaves, and as the leaf ages, the variegation fades. So I don't really consider that stable either.

Has anyone grown one of these for any amount of years and had it keep its variegation?

[The Silent Seed]

Very nice plant! I have only just started seeing the variegated ones, so am not aware what they typically do, but i wouldn't be surprised if they all revert back to green. I bought a Monstera deliciosa at a box store that had beautiful lime on green blotches - that color gradually was lost unfortunately, but it's still one of my favorite plants. I have variegated Strelitzias (nicolai and reginae) which behave similarly - they are variegated but usually have only one leaf that is variegated. So annoying!

[metalfan]

Yeah there are all different levels of variegation. Some stable some not. I often wonder if reversion is linked to fertilization. Some plants have mutated to stay variegated I guess some just don't. Irritating for sure! Especially when the variegated versions of stuff can be more pricey than the non.

 

[The Silent Seed]

How big is your greenhouse? Looks like you have a built in stream / oasis within and let things grow naturally? Or is this just your being the best interior planter I've seen?

I have no idea - but I do have a feeling that fertilizing can be adjusted to change colors, etc - I personally don't use any - preferring a natural approach - but I also have a Monstera with the opposite problem - it is almost all white, with a little amount of green still in its lower trunk. The upper half is now pure white, and as you can imagine, usually brown and ugly. I'm hoping it will start a new stem with some green in it. 

[metalfan]

My greenhouse is about 1740 square feet. Most of it is planted naturally in the ground but I also have epiphytes and the plants that hang and some things are kept containerized so that they don't spread and take over everything else...especially vines, creepers, and rhizomatous plants. Learned my lesson on that from Heliconia growing. I grow a lot of variegated ALocasia. Its been my experience that once a plant throws a totally white offset you have to pull that offset out. It can;t photosynthesize and will die anyway. With a Monstera you might be able to cut the stem where the green still is and see if it will put out some more green leaves, you could still root the white one and hope it also reverted some. These are the alocasias I am talking about. I also remove all the totally green ones that come out, but save them (usually plant them somewhere else) because they do still retain the genes for variegation in there somewhere and can start throwing out variegated offsets again

Edited August 30, 2018 by metalfan