{"product_id":"anthurium-red-crystallinum-self-michelle","title":"Anthurium (Red Crystallinum × self) × Michelle","description":"\u003c!-- ====================================================================\n     BIRTHDAY ANTHURIUM — FEATURED SPECIMEN TEMPLATE\n     Reusable layout. Swap the bracketed sections per specimen.\n     Keep: the banner, the section order, the voice.\n     ==================================================================== --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== BANNER ===== --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 1px solid #6b2d5c; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px 18px; margin-bottom: 22px; background: #faf4f8;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b2d5c;\"\u003e★ Birthday Anthurium · Featured Specimen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 15px; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eOne of this season's highlighted specimens. Hand-selected, photographed as the exact plant you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== LEAD — plant first, offer later ===== --\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthurium (Red Crystallinum × self) × Michelle.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== THE DEEP DIVE ===== --\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eThe cross\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"\u003eTogether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== THIS SPECIMEN — edit per specimen ===== --\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eThis specimen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStage:\u003c\/strong\u003e seedling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeaves:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth point:\u003c\/strong\u003e Active\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePot:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariegation:\u003c\/strong\u003e High across current growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acclimated and ready to ship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6; color: #6b2d5c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne specimen. Photographed as received. No restock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== CARE ===== --\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eCare, briefly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright indirect — never direct, which marks the velvet and scorches the variegation. Good light keeps the variegation clean and growth coming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHumidity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65%+. A young variegated seedling especially wants stable, high humidity to push its next leaf cleanly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Airy, chunky epiphytic mix — bark, perlite and charcoal — fast-draining.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarmth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20–27°C. No cold draughts, nothing below 15°C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePace:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- ===== CLOSE ===== --\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 24px;\"\u003eThank you for collecting with us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant.ess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57560376639832,"sku":null,"price":2653.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/4963\/9768\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_82f8adef-8864-41af-949c-f840a1caff40.jpg?v=1782328424","url":"https:\/\/plantsbytess.com\/products\/anthurium-red-crystallinum-self-michelle","provider":"Plant.ess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}