New Anthurium thread

[realarch]

On 11/6/2024 at 10:33 AM, metalfan said:

One of my Regales spit out this new leaf not long ago and it just keeps getting bigger. I can't usually get these plants to keep more than 2 leaves in the summer. They definitely like the cooler weather better. The most leaves I have ever had on one at the same time is 5.

This one lost its main growth point for some unknown reason and started blooming off this secondary one, and now its activated 2 more and has new leaves coming in 2 new places

Gina, that is spectacular! The veining is striking. 

Tim

[realarch]

Just love this thing, keeps getting better and better. 

Tim

[PlantMorePalms]

Some high elevation/cloud forest Anthuriums that have been successful for me in San Francisco...

Anthurium cupulispathum is the easiest I've tried, it puts out new leaves constantly, even throughout winter. I think this is a real winner for our climate, I've planted a few of them now.

Anthurium pedatum is a little slower but also does well and has a nice leaf shape.

A. decipiens is a slower than the other two, but also is getting less light and water where I have it planted. Started as a tiny seedling.

i'm also trying A. pseudospectabile, it looks a bit ratty at the moment, I put it in the wrong place intitially but I think it may end up working now that I have it in a better spot.

[Tracy]

Mt newest addition is an Anthurium seleri.  This is a young plant but seeing the mature plant leaf structure was the attraction. 

[piping plovers]

On 3/1/2025 at 11:40 PM, Tracy said:

Anthurium seleri. 

Nice find! I had to look that one up. Yes, very interesting leaves as they mature. 

[Silas_Sancona]

A quickie update:

To paraphrase a ghaad awful song tucked within an even worse music genre that will likely become someone's chronic earworm for the week, 

...Looks like we made it          ...Through it's inaugural winter that is.. 

  Feel free to thank me for the infection later..  FYI: Pays to be vaccinated against such things.. 😁  Anyway....


After noticing it starting to respond to increased warmth / sun angle inside,  decided it was time to place it out on the patio to see how it might respond..

After a couple weeks out there,  no issues so far.

Hard to see but, in shot #2, while the new leaf on the main plant continues to expand, it looks like it is already prepping for producing another,  ...while the offset on the left is throwing it's first new leaf since being purchased.. ..After the tip on it decided to dry up and fall off right after purchasing..







We'll see how things look in a couple months, once it is 85F+ every day...

[piping plovers]

Congratulations on making it through the winter!

And thank you for the ear-worm 😆. I’ll be bearing through that on the treadmill in a few minutes.

such interesting undulations on those leaves.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, piping plovers said:

Congratulations on making it through the winter!

And thank you for the ear-worm 😆. I’ll be bearing through that on the treadmill in a few minutes.

such interesting undulations on those leaves.

 

..Now the question is   ..Will you be able to out run the earworm..

Agree,  Don't recall it being listed on the tag but wondering if this is a " Fruffles " /  " Rancho Ruffles " clone.. 🤔 Figure it will be easier to tell once it reaches the size where it starts throwing bigger leaves..

 

[piping plovers]

Here’s an anthurium i got from ecuagenera last month at our orchid show.  I forgot the name but the red “bloom” really stands out amongst the plants in the sunroom.  Gongora fulva in bloom right over it.

 

 

[piping plovers]

This warocqueanum is working on this newest 29” leaf, still growing. Unfortunately got tears in the leaf while unfurling. Mine puts on best growth while temps remain below 80 degrees F. with 70 % humidity .  
 

It is so pampered in its glass case.  And, ironically, the bigger it grows the more it will face its own demise as it will outgrow the artificial confines of the glass cabinet. We’ll enjoy the good times while they last.

a few photos below in the kitchen for weekly thorough watering.
 

 

[realarch]

Impressive Joseph, enjoy while you can, it’s all temporary anyway. On another note, I had to chuckle at all the greenery in the background. I thought I saw a Toucan for a second there. That microclimate must be creating its own weather these days. 

Tim

[piping plovers]

34 minutes ago, realarch said:

I thought I saw a Toucan for a second there. That microclimate must be creating its own weather these days. 

Lol. And thank you Tim.  Yes, with the wind howling at 50+ mph off the frigid North Atlantic Ocean today, this is my make-believe world favorable to toucans and anthuriums until I can someday retire to an enviable zone 10+ location where many of you fellow PT members live.😁

[Silas_Sancona]

37 minutes ago, piping plovers said:

Lol. And thank you Tim.  Yes, with the wind howling at 50+ mph off the frigid North Atlantic Ocean today, this is my make-believe world favorable to toucans and anthuriums until I can someday retire to an enviable zone 10+ location where many of you fellow PT members live.😁

You're really gonna have to move south to see some Toucans, non escapee specimens that turn up in CA at least.. Might end up joining you myself, lol

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

You're really gonna have to move south to see some Toucans, non escapee specimens that turn up in CA at least.. Might end up joining you myself, lol

Haha.  Wow, interesting that they can even be seen in CA.  I like that you qualified that with “non-escapees. “ Lol.
 

Always educational reading your posts, Nathan. I love the map.  All the places they live are places I’d like to be in the winter 😀 right alongside them.

[happypalms]

Anthurium Claudiae and a freidrichsthali. Once you’re hooked on anthuriums it’s game over for the palm collecting. Move over palms the anthuriums are coming! Well not quite. 

[piping plovers]

Anthurium wendingleri producing ever better inflorescences each time. So interesting to see these. Thinking of planting this in the same basket as my Gongora orchid.

 

 

[metalfan]

Some of my hybrids that I made. Getting all grown up

[metalfan]

This plant came to me from Barry Schwartz. It is not identified.

Was collected in the early 1970's by Jack Williford on an expedition to Ecuador. Barry was given a specimen, raised a crop from seed. Shared one with me a few years ago.

It really is a spectacular plant. Very easy growing.

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, metalfan said:

Was collected in the early 1970's by Jack Williford on an expedition to Ecuador. Barry was given a specimen, raised a crop from seed. Shared one with me a few years ago.

Always nice having those plants in your collection with a story to them.

[metalfan]

Yeah I need an heir to will some of these things to LOL

[Jdash]

would be nice to have more gardens to donate to

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, metalfan said:

Yeah I need an heir to will some of these things to LOL

 

28 minutes ago, Jdash said:

would be nice to have more gardens to donate to

This would make an interesting thread on PT somewhere, if it doesn’t already exist.

I have aroids and palms (Licualas, Johannesteijsmannias and others) that I know my local public garden conservatories don’t have and have considered donating. However, it’s been well over a decade since I spoke with staff there. For many of them it appeared to be just a plant watering job and I don’t think they would have the in-depth knowledge for some of these tropicals. That was back then and I should reconnect again and see what the current situation is.

Several east coast gardens I can think of like Longwood, US Botanic Gardens, Fairchild and Selby would definitely have the knowledge and would most likely already have in duplicates most of what I have. Unless they needed a deep bench of backups.

 

 

[Jdash]

@piping plovers I've noticed a lot of plant watering jobs at conservatories, which are needed, but also hard to gauge their program or visions. let us know what you find out!

[metalfan]

I knew a guy a couple of years ago (aroid collector) who was working as an aroid curator at Fairchild. I had rasied a crop of Anthurium spectabile from seed from my very old mama plant.  Amazingly,  Fairchild did not have a spectabile. (he told me that many botanical gardens...don;t) 

He traded me some plants for a big Spectabile pup for Fairchild, from this mother

[piping plovers]

On 6/6/2025 at 2:44 PM, metalfan said:

He traded me some plants for a big Spectabile pup for Fairchild, from this mother

Ah, that’s good to know and it never hurts to ask. ….Imagine the gems you could get on trade from Fairchild, Selby, Longwood and the others.

[metalfan]

I bought this as Anthurium ceronii a few years back from Ecuagenera USA. It has set seed for the first time. These seeds are just so cute. Like little pointy hats

[Silas_Sancona]

Start of summer update on the A. plowmanii  ( ..or hookeri ) " Outdoors in the Desert " trial..

Been outside, in shifty bright shade under the back patio since ..Late March.  Aside from some hints of impending sunburn when i had it sitting where an hour of late afternoon sun could hit some of the leaves, no issues w/ our dry air thus far ...as long as it sits in a tray i'll fill about once a week.

Leaves are still small,  ..but gradually increasing in size / width as new ones emerge, from the main plant at least..  Only thing i think i'll change when i add another ( or two ) is trialing them in a Lava / Pumice mix rather than the predom. chunked Coconut husk and Pumice mix i used for this kid. 



We'll see how it responds to the bump up in temps to the 108 -110+ heat over the next week ( or 3? ) before the rains / higher humidity arrives. 

[piping plovers]

9 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Been outside, in shifty bright shade under the back patio since ..Late March.  Aside from some hints of impending sunburn when i had it sitting where an hour of late afternoon sun could hit some of the leaves, no issues w/ our dry air thus far ...as long as it sits in a tray i'll fill about once a week.

Looks nice Nathan with those wavy leaves in that planter!  And interesting seeing that rainforest foliage juxtaposed with a prickly- pear looking cactus right next to it.

Do you plan to add micro misters over it? 

Unlike those extraordinarily hot summers your plants must endure, we usually top off at 85 degrees, and maybe a few days at 92.  I just added some micro irrigation lines and misters above my Bulbophyllums, Stanhopeas and strap leaveed anthuriums in hanging baskets outdoors. Just for that extra dripping moisture during summer.

[Silas_Sancona]

46 minutes ago, piping plovers said:

Looks nice Nathan with those wavy leaves in that planter!  And interesting seeing that rainforest foliage juxtaposed with a prickly- pear looking cactus right next to it.

Thank you sir   ...Funny thing about the Prickly Pear pads sitting next to it, Been sitting in that pot for almost a year  waiting for me to pot them up..

 

1 hour ago, piping plovers said:

Do you plan to add micro misters over it?

No misters..  The idea is testing how it responds to regular conditions, w/ the " making sure it has a little extra moisture / doesn't dry out for too long " being the only exception to the rule.

Regardless, it sits < and seems happy > tucked between a wall of the Laundry / storage room, and a shade cloth covered side of my pseudo- shade house,  and some other plants that sit behind it, and overhead shade provided by the patio cover itself.  While there is air flow through that section of the patio, it isn't exposed to much direct wind which is the main thing that can turn tender leaves crispy quickly here this time of year..

As mentioned before, it seems these may a bit tougher than they appear.   Will be interesting to see how it behaves thru the summer..  


 

[piping plovers]

Planted this Anthurium wendingleri in with the Gongora orchid basket.  Another strap leaf (Anthurium vittariifolium) is in with the stanhopea. They seem to like the same conditions. Consolidating will take up less room in the sunroom next winter.

Oh, and I just added drip irrigation and misting heads to these this summer, experimenting.  Stanhopea, Gongora and strap leaf anthuriums (and anything nearby) should benefit from it.

 

[Tracy]

This appears to be an Anthurium sp Cerinoi hybrid, as the mother plant got together with a different species Anthurium growing in the same garden.  I like the red veins on it.

[metalfan]

this monster now has a 5-6 ft spread

[piping plovers]

17 hours ago, Tracy said:

This appears to be an Anthurium sp Cerinoi hybrid, as the mother plant got together with a different species Anthurium growing in the same garden.  I like the red veins on it.

Interesting how it has that top circular void where the two top lobes meet. Almost dinosaur Triceratops neck frill-like.  
 

I imagine it might be related to Anthurium decipiens or A. salgarense. If your variety gets to the size of these two, you are fortunate that you can grow them outdoors in CA.   I do have both indoors and the realization is setting in with each progressively larger leaf that (Size-wise) some plants are not suited to be houseplants. Lol.

[piping plovers]

3 hours ago, metalfan said:

this monster

That has a beautiful leaf shape and what a specimen!  It looks like it is something you’d see in a botanical garden. What species is that? 

It reminds me of a Philodendron I saw in Ecuagenera’s display wall: Philodendron holtonianum.  They didn’t have any in stock so they sold me the similar looking P. paloraense. I now have both of these philodendrons but I think that your anthurium species has a nicer rounded out form.

 

 

[Marie Nock]

51 minutes ago, piping plovers said:

That has a beautiful leaf shape and what a specimen!  It looks like it is something you’d see in a botanical garden. What species is that? 

It reminds me of a Philodendron I saw in Ecuagenera’s display wall: Philodendron holtonianum.  They didn’t have any in stock so they sold me the similar looking P. paloraense. I now have both of these philodendrons but I think that your anthurium species has a nicer rounded out form.

 

 

It looks like Anthurium furcatum.  I'm wondering if it was recently topped because the leaves are so splayed out.  My leaves were always upright.

[metalfan]

Yes Marie! It is furcatum. It wasn't topped...it just 'flopped' lol. I had to repot it recently and its still sorta floppy

[Tracy]

[metalfan]

you gonna pollinate that, or what LOL?

[Tracy]

11 hours ago, metalfan said:

you gonna pollinate that, or what LOL?

I won't mess with it at this point.  My friend,  Harry pollinated these.  I have acquired most of my Anthuriums from him, some are hybrids while others are species.  Maybe down the road I will play with Anthurium breeding but for now,  I only breed some select Cycads I grow. 

[metalfan]

I can never resist. If I see a receptive spadix and see pollen, I'm smearing LOL