Mother plant · M07

Anthurium Ace of Spades DF × (papillilaminum × RVDP)

House reference Spade

Not for sale · her clones are

Cross

Ace of Spades DF × (papillilaminum × RVDP)

Provenance

Own collection

In the collection since

December 2025

The specimen

Flat black until the light moves.

Dark Form Ace of Spades on the pod side, which is the darker selection of an already dark plant.

Papillilaminum x RVDP contributes leaf length and the red venation that runs through the Dark Phoenix line.

In ambient light she reads almost flat black. The venation only appears under strong side light. That is the intended effect, not a shortcoming.

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.

Named hybrid line

Ace of Spades

A benchmark dark hybrid line rather than a species, selected over generations for near-black colour and thick leaf substance. The name refers to the shape as much as the colour, a broad spade-like blade with a heavy feel and a matte finish that swallows light. Venation is present but understated, so the plant reads as a block of colour rather than a pattern. Dark Form, usually written DF, is the darker selection within that line and is the one used when colour is the point. It is a colour parent, not a shape parent. Expect depth over drama, and a plant that photographs far worse than it looks in person.

Species · Panama

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.

Selection · Dark Phoenix line

Red Vein Dark Phoenix

Usually written RVDP, and it is the red-veined selection out of the Dark Phoenix line rather than a separate hybrid. Dark Phoenix is a dark papillilaminum line, widely stated as papillilaminum crossed with dressleri, and RVDP is the individual selected for the contrast between a near-black blade and fine copper to red venation. That warm venation is unusual in a group where veins are normally silver or white. New leaves emerge distinctly coppery and darken over two to three weeks, so the contrast peaks just after a leaf opens. It passes the red venation on reliably and deepens the base colour of whatever it meets. Expect warm venation on a cold dark ground, and a plant worth watching while it hardens rather than only when it is settled.

The photograph is not an illustration of what your plant might become. It is the specification.

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What a clone from this mother is

Not a seedling. Not a cross. The same plant.

Every specimen released under Spade 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