Anthurium (Papillilaminum × Crystallinum) × Portillae Open — Variegated Seedling #7
Every figure here describes the specimen in the photographs as it is today, not the mother plant.
★ Variegated Collector Seedling · One Specimen
Same batch as the green grow-outs, except this one already shows it, and it is the furthest along of them.
Anthurium (Papillilaminum × Crystallinum) × Portillae (Open), variegated. The exact plant in the photos. Three leaves, high grade variegation, and peach tones already coming through.
Mother plants on the last photos. Portillae Open is the pollen parent.
The cross
The seed side, papillilaminum × crystallinum, is one of the most respected velvet pairings in the genus: dark matte leaf, crystalline silver veining and red flushing new growth. The pollen side is Portillae, open pollinated, adding its own velvet form and leaf structure.
Open pollination means every seedling in the batch is a genuine roll of the dice. No two grow out alike, and the lineage cannot be repeated, because the same pollen event will never happen twice.
Why this one is different
Most of this batch came out green and is listed separately as grow out seedlings. A small number expressed variegation early, and this is the most developed of them.
It is starting to take its adult shape. The sinus is flattening out and the colour is running peach rather than plain cream. On a seedling this young, that is the signal collectors look for.
What you are buying
The exact seedling photographed. Variegation is present now, but seedling variegation is by nature unstable. It can strengthen, shift pattern, or revert as the plant matures. That risk is priced in, and it is part of what makes growing one out worth doing.
This specimen
- Stage: Seedling, three leaves
- Leaves: 3
- Variegation: High grade, with peach tones showing
- Shape: Taking adult form, sinus flattening out
- Parentage: (Papillilaminum × Crystallinum) × Portillae Open, from variegated mothers
- Included: Inner pot
- Availability: One specimen. No restock.
Care, briefly
- Light: Bright indirect, never direct. Variegated tissue scorches faster than green, and good light is what keeps peach tones from washing out.
- Water: Lightly and evenly moist, never wet. Keep water off the leaves.
- Humidity: 65%+. Stable humidity is what keeps a variegated seedling pushing clean leaves.
- Mix: Airy, chunky epiphytic mix of bark, perlite and charcoal, fast draining.
- Warmth: 20 to 27°C. No cold draughts, nothing below 15°C.
- Pace: Variegated seedlings grow slower than their green siblings. Give it stable conditions and let it build leaf count before you judge the pattern.
Thank you for collecting with us.
The photograph is not an illustration of what your plant might become. It is the specification.