Mother plant · M01
Anthurium papillilaminum variegated × carlablackiae
House reference Aurora
Not for sale · her clones are
The specimen
Elongated, matte, near black.
Papillilaminum brings the long velvet blade and the pale venation. Carlablackiae brings the compact rounded heart and the near-black surface it is prized for. Aurora sits between the two: elongated but broad, matte rather than glossy, with venation that reads subtle in low light and pronounced from the side.
The variegated parent carries through. Her sectoring is stable and has held across recent leaves.
Her line traces to a Kidda Nursery mother. She came to Sweden as a clone from that plant and has been on the bench here since.
What is behind her
Where each trait comes from.
A cross is not a blend. Each parent decides different things, and knowing which one is responsible for what tells you a great deal about how a clone from her will grow out.
Anthurium papillilaminum
The backbone of modern velvet breeding, and the parent most likely to decide what a hybrid looks like. It comes from Panama and carries a long, elongated blade rather than a wide heart, with deep basal lobes that open rather than close. The surface is true matte velvet, so it absorbs light instead of reflecting it, and pale venation reads faintly in ambient light and sharply from the side. Petioles are round, which is part of why it crosses so readily with other round-petioled species. It brings substance, meaning the leaf feels thick and holds its shape as it hardens. Expect length over width, a matte finish rather than gloss, and a plant that gets noticeably better as it matures rather than peaking early.
Anthurium carlablackiae
The species most collectors are actually chasing, and the one that costs the most to put into a cross. It comes from Panama and gives a compact, rounded heart with a deeply closed sinus, so the leaf reads almost circular rather than pointed. The velvet is exceptionally dark, closer to black than green under most light, with clean bright venation running across it. It stays smaller than magnificum or papillilaminum and holds a tight, upright form rather than sprawling. Growth is slow and deliberate. In a cross it pulls the leaf shorter and wider and deepens the colour, and it usually wins the argument about outline.
The photograph is not an illustration of what your plant might become. It is the specification.
What a clone from this mother is
Not a seedling. Not a cross. The same plant.
- Every specimen released under Aurora is a rooted clone taken from the plant on this page. No seed. No variation lottery.
- Genetically identical. Same variegation genetics, same leaf architecture, same growth habit.
- What you see above is what yours becomes.
- Grown in Sweden from propagation onward. No import shock between her and your plant.
All variegated aroids carry long-term reversion risk, and no grower can honestly promise otherwise. What you get is her exact genetics and her documented track record, not a guarantee about every future leaf.
Released from this mother
Her clones, when they exist.
She is not always in propagation. When a clone is ready it is listed here first.
See what is available nowNothing listed means nothing is ready. That is deliberate.
Tell me when Aurora produces.
One email, only about this mother, only when a clone from her is ready. Nothing else.
We keep a separate list per mother, so you only hear about the plants you asked about.
You are on the list for Aurora.
You will hear from us the day a clone from her is ready, before it goes public.
Released from this mother
Taken from Aurora.
Each of these is a rooted clone from the plant above. Same genetics, same leaf architecture, grown on here before release.
Availability changes without warning. Nothing here is reserved until checkout is complete.