Anthurium (Red Crystallinum × self) × Michelle

Anthurium (Red Crystallinum × self) × Michelle. A variegated velvet seedling from two heavyweight red lines — crystalline silver-and-pink veining, fire-red emergent leaves, and irregular variegation. One leaf, one active growth point, plenty ahead of it.

The cross

The seed side is a selfed red crystallinum — Anthurium crystallinum's velvet, rounded, crystalline silver-veined leaf, selected for vivid red-to-burgundy emergent growth. The pollen side is 'Michelle' (DocBlock), an award-winning velvet hybrid known for dark burgundy-purple new leaves, deep green maturity, and bright white-and-pink venation.

Together they make a velvet-leaf seedling built for colour: red-flushing new growth, high-contrast white and pink veins, and — on this plant — irregular variegation over the blade. Seed-grown, so it is one of a kind; variegated velvet is also more delicate, leaning on its green to grow.

This specimen

• Stage: seedling
• Leaves: 1
• Growth point: Active
• Pot: 9cm
• Variegation: High across current growth
• Included: 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 the variegation. Good light keeps the variegation clean and growth coming.
• Water: Lightly and evenly moist — never wet — letting the surface just dry between waterings. A young single-leaf plant is sensitive to wet feet; keep water off the velvet.
• Humidity: 65%+. A young variegated seedling especially wants stable, high humidity to push its next leaf cleanly.
• Mix: Airy, chunky epiphytic mix — bark, perlite and charcoal — fast-draining.
• Warmth: 20–27°C. No cold draughts, nothing below 15°C.
• Pace: The active growth point means it is set to push — but it is a seedling, so give it time and stability to build leaf count and size.

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