Anthurium forgetii × luxurians

Anthurium forgetii × luxurians. A cross grown for form and texture — forgetii's rounded, lobeless leaf over luxurians' heavily bullate, light-catching surface.

The cross

Anthurium forgetii (Colombia) is the velvet species with no basal lobes — a rounded, peltate leaf, dark and velvet, with a fine pale margin and silver-white veins. Anthurium luxurians brings the opposite quality: a heavily bullate, quilted, glossy-dark surface with a geometric, almost bubbled texture.

Together they make a rounded, textured leaf — forgetii's clean form and pale-rimmed veining over luxurians' quilted surface. This is a cross grown for shape and texture rather than colour. Seed-grown, each one its own.

This specimen

• Stage: establishing juvenile
• Leaves: 4, one freshly emerged
• Pot: 7cm
• Included: Inner pot
• Notes: Acclimated and ready to ship

One specimen. Photographed as received. No restock.

Care, briefly

• Light: Bright indirect — never direct, which marks the velvet and the bullate surface.
• Water: Lightly and evenly moist — never wet — letting the surface just dry between waterings. With the bullate texture, keep airflow so water doesn't sit in the crevices.
• Humidity: 65%+. Leaf edges brown fast in dry air.
• Mix: Airy, chunky epiphytic mix — bark, perlite and charcoal — fast-draining.
• Warmth: 20–27°C. No cold draughts, nothing below 15°C.
• Pace: Steady — the bullate texture deepens as leaves mature. New leaves emerge and harden over a couple of weeks.

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