Anthurium regale

[metalfan]

I have 4 specimens of Anthurium regale. Even though its warm, humid and I have very good light, I have noted that my plants seem to want to go dormant. Sometimes they will lose their leaves, and then put out totally new growth. The leaves do get very large, but I don't seem to get a lot of stem growth. They seem very slow growing. What gives?

This is one of mine

[metalfan]

'Kay, 26 views but no replies I guess I am on my own with this particular plant

[Dypsisdean]

I have a few Gina. I just haven't got away from the keyboard to go see how they are doing and to take a pic if they are doing well. I'll get back to you, promise.  

[paulgila]

those are great plants!what is the palm in the pot in the background?

[junglegalfla]

I'm not sure which I have, but mine looks similar to yours. Great plants!

Bottom right of photo

[jdapalms]

I have noticed that my Anthurium regale has grown better for me in Hawaii than in my Calif. greenhouse (a hot and humid enviroment). The plants I have in Hawaii seem to grow better. It seems to me that A. regale prefers a cooler himid climate or maybe there are problems with the water quality Rain water in Hawaii, vs. chlorinated tap water in Calif.

Jerry

[metalfan]

Bren,

if you had regale you would know it. They sell for over $100 per plant and are almost never seen here in the US plant market.

There are a few that resemble it superficially when it is small...crystallinum and clavinervum come immediately to mind, but they are not in the same "league" so to speak. The leaves on regale can eventually get about 4 ft long and almost as wide. I am told that this takes a long while, probably this will end up being one of those plants that I will die before I get to see it in its "glory". Until a few small seedlings went on sale on eBay (and at least one has sold recently for over $150) the only source I have known for them is Ecuagenera, who asks $100 per plant. There is a gentleman, a horticulturist in California, who has been growing them for many years and is supposedly one of the only people in the world to get them to set seed "in captivity" LOL, who sold Dennis Cathcart at Tropiflora a batch of seedlings last year. Tropiflora resold those (they were very very tiny) for $35 and $50 for "small" and "Large" (which should have been "Extra small" and "small" actually).

Three of my plants are from Ecuagenera and were given to me by someone else who bought them. I had no idea at the time how expensive they were. I am hoping that this person got a quantity deal. My 4th plant was a size "large" seedling from the Tropiflora batch.

The plants that came from Ecuagenera were basically stem divisions with aerial roots that had one leaf each. The diameter of the stems was HUGE though and the leaves were very large. One had the diameter of a link of Polska kielbasa sausage. The other 2 were at least Ballpark Frank diameter.

The Tropiflora seedling was just that, a small rooted plant with 3 leaves the size of nickles and quarters.

All of my plants have overall done very well, the stem segments from Ecuagenera via my friend rooted well and have sent up new leaves, and some of the leaves have gotten pretty sizeable...the Tropiflora plant has grown a lot and the leaves now are about the size of the ones on your plant in your photo.

The Ecuagenera plants, however, do not tend to keep more than one to three leaves on at a time, and the stems do not seem to be growing very quickly at all. I am wondering from anyone who has grown these LONG TERM how fast growing they are? Mine are all less than a year old so my experience is very limited.

[junglegalfla]

I dug up the tag from around my plant. It's from tropiflora but it reads Antherium clarinervium.  Very interesting info metalfan! I've been schooled! Another Antherium I'm sure to be on the look out for. Thanks  

[bgl]

Jerry (jdapalms),

is the A. regale the large one on the main driveway, to the left (with all the red seeds), just before the little incline in the road? If so, you should post a photo of it! That's a spectacular plant!

Bo-Göran

[jdapalms]

Bo,

No that is Anthurium dolichistachum it is also a spectacular looking plant. I will post a picture on a new thread when I return to Hawaii. I have several A. regale behind the main house and a few on one of the trails near my Chamaedorea area. My avatar is a picture of the leaf. Karel Havicek in Hilo has the largest one I have seen in cultivation and he keeps his in a wet dark shady location. A. regale is a rare plant, the name says it all this is the best of the Anthuriums. My opinion of course.

Jerry

[junglegalfla]

I just figured out who I responded to    Regina - Gina duh! You're be a welcome addition to the board. Start posting those gorgeous photos of yours!

[metalfan]

Don't shame me Bren I am a novice here LOL. Actually I go by Gina, not Regina. The ONLY person who persists in calling me Regina is my dear husband. I was always Gina to all my friends and immediate family! So I took it back.

SO Dark damp and shady?? I have mine all in bright light and damp.

[palmmermaid]

The best luck I've had with any anthurium is to grow it in an old palm trunk that has been hollowed out or in a tree crotch filled with leaf matter.  I have some in baskets in a mixture of horse manure and pine shavings that seem to be doing quite well.  All are in at least partial shade and are well-drained.