New Anthurium thread

[realarch]

Visiting a friend’s garden last week, this greeted me while turning the corner. Spectacula!

Tim

[metalfan]

WOW goals.

These are a few seedlings I have going. These have great blister variegation! A few leaves are almost totally silver. The first one is from last season, the compot I sowed Jan this year and into has several variegated individuals

[piping plovers]

2 hours ago, realarch said:

Visiting a friend’s garden last week, this greeted me while turning the corner. Spectacula!

Magnificent! Thanks Tim for sharing.  Nicer than I’ve seen in some botanic gardens.

[piping plovers]

30 minutes ago, metalfan said:

These are a few seedlings I have going. These have great blister variegation! A few leaves are almost totally silver. The first one is from last season, the compot I sowed Jan this year and into has several variegated individuals

Wonderful! As I mentioned before, your creations surpass many of the crosses even on the ecuagenera shelves.

[metalfan]

That's really sweet of you to say LOL.

[realarch]

So, help with an ID. This was gifted to me as a one leaf specimen and it’s since grown rather quickly. I’ve looked at several Anthurium databases and am still not sure just what it is.

Thanks!

Tim

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, realarch said:

So, help with an ID.

Hints of besseae ?

[metalfan]

Well I would say it's pretty surely a hybrid.I have hybrids I have made that look pretty much exactly like it. This is a forgettii x papillilaminum 

[realarch]

Thanks Joseph and Gina! I like the velvet leaf texture whatever it is. It was a gift from John Hovensek. He didn’t know what the name was. 

Tim

[metalfan]

Mine does look velvety when it isn;t wet

[piping plovers]

This might be a big yawn for some of you zone 9/10s.  But, apart from the super common flamingo flower, this is the first time I’ve seen an anthurium for sale in a Home Depot/Lowes. …And a velvet leaf type, even.
 

Yeh, our northeast big box hardware stores are laggards with the exotic plant selection and not as exciting for plant collectors as compared to the ones in Florida. Maybe they are trying to get the velvet leaf ones to become mainstream.

 

[metalfan]

Actually you are lucky LOL. ya'll northerners seem to get the new introductions a LOT sooner than Florida does. 

[piping plovers]

On 4/2/2024 at 3:02 PM, piping plovers said:

After a few years growing this A. Wendlingeri, I’m getting close to witnessing the curious ‘pig-tailed’ spiraled spadix.  I’ll update with another photo when it fully unfurls

Here’s the 2nd time-ever blooming of my seedling wendingleri. A more respectable  looking version of the spathe than the first bloom a few months back .  It’s coming into its own.  Has developed all the characteristics I wanted in this strap leaf anthurium. Quite pleased that they grow so quickly; I would have thought it would take much longer than 1.5 years to grow from seedling to this stage. 
 

This particular plant I purchased from a CA grower who breeds his own hybrids.  I can already see that it is much more robust than my standard wendlingeri of same age,

 

 

[metalfan]

That looks fabulous. I'm still waiting on a first bloom from mine

[piping plovers]

3 hours ago, metalfan said:

That looks fabulous. I'm still waiting on a first bloom from mine

Thank you.  They are so fascinating to watch unfurl.

[John hovancsek]

This one has been producing so much seed

[sgvcns]

I have now got 2 uses for A robustifolium

[Cindy Adair]

1 hour ago, sgvcns said:

I have now got 2 uses for A robustifolium

Beautiful!
 

Very artistic. Lovely flowers and composition.

I keep thinking I should try making displays of my plants, but so far haven’t done so. 

[John hovancsek]

Can anyone help me with an id in this one?

[piping plovers]

9 minutes ago, John hovancsek said:

Can anyone help me with an id in this one?

Looks like Anthurium regale. Beautiful specimen.  Definitely earns its regal name. I just ordered another one after killing off my others. 

[John hovancsek]

Check out this cool anthurium 

[piping plovers]

48 minutes ago, John hovancsek said:

Check out this cool anthurium

Extraordinary texture on that one.

[piping plovers]

10 hours ago, John hovancsek said:

Check out this cool anthurium

Extraordinary texture on that one.

[piping plovers]

I’m nerding - out on my A. wendlingeri’s.

I have a Second generation select form seedling bred by a CA grower, as well as a typical one I bought from Ecuagenera. Both purchased as seedlings and indiscernible from each other at the time 
 

I’ve been comparing their progress growing side by side over the past 18 months.

The select form was bred for longer, wider leaves.  In the photos below, this is the one with longer and fewer leaves.  The fern planted with it may be holding it back from full potential. The fern was just added months ago. Up until the last two large leaves; the two plants were very similar in appearance. 
 

The more typical one has more leaves, and the “rattle snake” texture is more pronounced.  The select form is just now showing more texture, so I believe it will be more prominent as the plant matures.

Below, side by side; the Second generation select form on the left and typical form on the right:

Second generation select form below:

 

The more typical one below:

 

I’m thinking of planting one in with my Stanhopea orchid.

 

 

 

[Silas_Sancona]

I found something today.........





2 for 1 ain't a bad deal either..  

..Now to get it out of the crappy < Peaty > grower's  soil,  and into something nicer. .

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, Silas_Sancona said:

found something today.........

Ahhh that’s a nice one Nathan.  Good find!

[Silas_Sancona]

3 minutes ago, piping plovers said:

Ahhh that’s a nice one Nathan.  Good find!

   Was actually looking for something else / pricing a few things for an on-going project then found the Anthurium while grazing over the houseplants,  just to see if they had anything interesting  ...which is rare for this particular Lowe's location.

As mentioned in the past elsewhere, was looking for a few of these to complement the pair of Cham. metallicas i have,  and add some greenery to a southwest facing corner of a different room that gets light during the afternoon.

Guess i'll be building a few plant stands soon, lol.

[piping plovers]

3 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

which is rare for this particular Lowe's location.

Yes,  people have been telling me it depends on the location and garden staff there. I love buying the better gro baggy babies orchids when down in FL at their Lowes and HD.  Some members of my orchid society have told me a few of the Lowes in RI do carry them now. Depends on the store because the ones I usually shop at in MA and RI don’t ever stock them. It will make shopping at Lowe’s something to look forward to now.

 

although, the lowes nearby does often carry the exceedingly rare blue Himalayan phaleonopsis,  lol, I’m being facetious.  …Those blue dyed ones 😁

[Silas_Sancona]

32 minutes ago, piping plovers said:

Yes,  people have been telling me it depends on the location and garden staff there. I love buying the better gro baggy babies orchids when down in FL at their Lowes and HD.  Some members of my orchid society have told me a few of the Lowes in RI do carry them now. Depends on the store because the ones I usually shop at in MA and RI don’t ever stock them. It will make shopping at Lowe’s something to look forward to now.

 

although, the lowes nearby does often carry the exceedingly rare blue Himalayan phaleonopsis,  lol, I’m being facetious.  …Those blue dyed ones 😁

😄  I caught that ..No harm in someone dreaming they're actually from the Himalayas,  right?


On one hand, i wish -any- of the stores here offered the bagged Better Gro Orchids.

On the other, w/ our summers,  i'd imagine the average person not well versed on Orchids would kill their plants ..so maybe not a profitable endevor for Better Gro to sell them here.  ..Still, a few on the shelf from time to time  would be nice.

That said, i have seen the occasional, potted mini-Catt and fancier Dendrobium nobile cultivar ( all from better gro ) on the " orchid shelf " at a couple of the neighborhood  Lowes.

[metalfan]

Great find! That is a lovely Pachy.

The Costa Farms tissue culture blitz of species and hybrid aroids comes here, but mainly to Central and South FL. They very rarely decide to drop the nicer stuff in Gainesville. And when they do, it's something I have, or don't really want. 

They currently have Monstera esqueletos, they are ok size plants, but they want $75 for them...? Esceuleto just isn't THAT rare. And $75 for a tissue culture? NO.

I got a start for free from a friend a few years ago. And have not really been overly impressed...it just looks like an extra-large leaf of adansonii.

I crossed my Red Crystallinum with my besseae AFF and this is one of the plants I got

[piping plovers]

2 hours ago, metalfan said:

I crossed my Red Crystallinum with my besseae AFF and this is one of the plants I got

Great shape and color on that creation!

[Silas_Sancona]

Crappy " soil " washed away... No visible issues w/ the root system needing to be addressed right out of the gate too, thankfully..




Repotted into a much better mix of  Coconut Husk,  some recycled Pumice / Turface and Grit, a handful of larger " Blonde " Lava rock ( My nick name for the Firelite rock sold in bags in FL )   and a handful or two of crushed dried leaves..



Also placed some of the larger " Blonde Lava " in the bottom of the pot so i there is less risk of over saturating the soil when i place the pot in a tray to water.. Have no doubts the roots should latch onto that stuff quite readily.




Placed this piece of Driftwood in w/ it to see if maybe it will eventually try to climb up on / or cover it.  No worries if not, have other plans for that piece. Have a whole box full of driftwood pieces i've been waiting to do something with, which has sat in a shed since i'd collected it  ..in 2013..




  🤞

[piping plovers]

3 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Placed this piece of Driftwood in w/ it to see if maybe it will eventually try to climb up on / or cover it.  No worries if not, have other plans for that piece. Have a whole box full of driftwood pieces i've been waiting to do something with, which has sat in a shed since i'd collected it  ..in 2013.

Looks very nice in that pot with that driftwood backing.  And a nice airy mix will be a great improvement over the peat commercial mix. I like the idea of adding shredded leaves too; I think I will try that. No shortage of leaves this time of the year.

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, piping plovers said:

Looks very nice in that pot with that driftwood backing.  And a nice airy mix will be a great improvement over the peat commercial mix. I like the idea of adding shredded leaves too; I think I will try that. No shortage of leaves this time of the year.

Considering what you can see Anthurium hookeri, plowmanii  and /or  schlectendalii growing in  in habitat shots where they're growing on the ground  ( ..or perched on something within a foot or two of the ground )  I figure adding some leaves to the mix will come close to mimicing that and will be a slow release source of nutrients as they break down ..but won't add too much organics to the mix itself that might invite root rot issues ..not that i'd be keeping it soaked anyway..

Coconut husk is sold in a 3 pack block at our neighborhood Petsmart, so i have plenty left over for when i pick up a few more of these / Orchids on my list.


 

[piping plovers]

The cooler weather is here and better times for my A. worocqueanum.  Time of the year when new, biggest leaves appear and they look they’re best for longer.

In this glass cabinet, I find that they do best when temperatures stay below 75 degrees F; making it easier to maintain relative humidity between 60-70%. Once temps get above 85 degrees in the cabinet, it’s more difficult to keep relative humidity up; the leaves crisp and become unattractive. The annual min/max range in cabinet has been 57-92 degrees.

I might try one of these worocqueanums in the far corner of the sunroom where winter temperatures can fall to 50-60 min/Max range with humidity around 70%. 
 

[metalfan]

On 10/4/2024 at 8:59 PM, John hovancsek said:

Check out this cool anthurium 

I’ve wanted one of these for a while. Never come available around here. Since I don’t do eBay or Etsy for plants, I’ll wait til I find one more local

[John hovancsek]

11 hours ago, metalfan said:

I’ve wanted one of these for a while. Never come available around here. Since I don’t do eBay or Etsy for plants, I’ll wait til I find one more local

If it grows good I can always send a cutting 

[metalfan]

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

[John hovancsek]

On 11/1/2024 at 10:12 PM, metalfan said:

I’ve wanted one of these for a while. Never come available around here. Since I don’t do eBay or Etsy for plants, I’ll wait til I find one more local

I’m lucky and I work at a garden store in Hilo that is supplied by novelty green

[metalfan]

Anthurium pseudoclavigerum