Anthurium forgetii × RVDP (Mutated)

Anthurium forgetii × RVDP — a mutated specimen. A dark velvet cross carrying a spontaneous mutation: forgetii's rounded, lobeless leaf and silver veins meeting RVDP's near-black, red-veined depth — with mutated growth that makes this plant one-of-one.

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. RVDP, 'Red Vein Dark Phoenix' (Siam Flora), is a papillilaminum-variegata × 'Ace of Spades' hybrid known for deep maroon-black velvet and bold red veins. The cross runs dark and velvet, pairing forgetii's rounded form with RVDP's red-veined depth.

On mutation

A mutation is a spontaneous change in a single cell's genetics that carries into every cell it then divides into. In plants, many of the traits collectors prize — variegation, colour breaks, unusual form — begin exactly this way, in the growing tip. Because the change starts in one cell line, a mutated plant is often chimeral: only part of it carries the change, which is why expression varies from leaf to leaf and side to side.

That also means it can move — a mutation may strengthen, shift, or partly revert as new leaves form, depending on which cells build each leaf. None of that is a fault; it's the nature of the thing, and it's why a mutated plant is genuinely one-of-one and can't be reproduced exactly. Buy it for what it shows now, with the upside that it may carry on.

This specimen

• Stage: medium, established
• Leaves: 5
• Pot: 9cm
• Mutation: Visible on current growth
• 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 scorches pale or mutated tissue.
• Water: Lightly and evenly moist — never wet — letting the surface just dry between waterings. Keep water off the velvet.
• Humidity: 65%+. Velvet anthuriums, and mutated or variegated tissue especially, brown at the edges 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 — watch each new leaf to see how the mutation carries forward. New leaves emerge dark and harden over a couple of weeks.

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