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'Ace of Spades' cultivar

Large dark velvet heart- to spade-shaped leaves with pale veins; dark forms are especially sought after.

'Black Velvet' trade_name

Generally sold for very dark velvety leaves with pale venation, but exact leaf shape and identity vary depending on the plant behind the label.

'Crystal Hope' × 'Mag Verde' seedling_line

'Dark Phoenix' cultivar

Very dark velvety leaves with strong contrast veins and dramatic emergent colour in selected clones/lines.

'Dorayaki' × 'Crystal Hope' seedling_line

Native to Cultivated seedling line

'King of Spades' cultivar

Dark velvety heart/spade-shaped leaves with fine bright venation; selected clones can be very dark and broad.

'Silver Blush' × 'Red Crystallinum' seedling_line

Native to Central America (Anthurium genus origin); hybrid cultivar

Large arrowhead to heart-shaped green leaves; collector descriptions note strong pleating or prominent venation when mature.

Glossy heart-shaped green leaves with long petioles; ornamental plants are best known for colourful waxy spathes around a projecting spadix.

Narrow strap-like leaves held in a compact crown; leaves are usually green and leathery rather than velvety.

Native to Native to Ecuador (Esmeraldas Province, Balaos region)

Velvety heart-shaped to triangular leaves with pronounced pale venation; collector plants may show variable darkness and sinus shape.

carlablackiae

Dark velvety cordate leaves with striking pale venation; petioles may be ridged and reddish to burgundy in collector material.

Thick, velvety, heart-shaped dark green leaves with pale contrasting veins and a firm cardboard-like texture.

clarinervium × Anthurium pedatoradiatum seedling_line

May combine thick dark clarinervium-style texture and pale veins with the more lobed or delta/fingered influence of pedatoradiatum.

Smaller ovate to heart-shaped leaves, often textured or bullate, with a compact climbing look rather than huge show leaves.

Highly corrugated or bullate heart-shaped leaves with a sculptural, puckered surface and pronounced venation.

Large velvety cordate leaves with bright silver-white primary veins; new leaves may emerge bronze or reddish before hardening green.

crystallinum 'Dorayaki' cultivar

Rounded, thick, glossy to velvety dark leaves with broad pale veins; usually more compact and rounder than typical crystallinum.

crystallinum 'Red Crystallinum' collector_form

Crystallinum-type velvet leaves with red to bronze emergent growth or red-toned venation/petioles, fading or intensifying depending on line and conditions.

crystallinum 'Silver Blush' cultivar

Dark green velvety leaves with broad, bright silver-white veins that can appear to “blush” across the blade.

crystallinum × Anthurium forgetii seedling_line

Velvety rounded to heart-shaped leaves with bright silver venation; forgetii influence may reduce or close the sinus in some seedlings.

crystallinum × Anthurium luxurians seedling_line

Dark, textured leaves that may combine crystallinum silver venation with the bullate/quilted texture and rich colour of luxurians.

crystallinum × Anthurium magnificum seedling_line

Velvety heart-shaped leaves with silver veining; often combines the glittery venation of crystallinum with the larger, thicker, angular look of magnificum.

Elongated green leaves with a collector Anthurium look; not usually grown as a flowering-windowbox Anthurium.

Collector material is known for textured/bullate heart-shaped leaves with raised venation and a sculptural surface.

dolichostachyum

Large green heart-shaped to elongated leaves with prominent venation; foliage may look glossy and substantial in cultivation.

Compact dark velvety heart-shaped leaves with subdued to contrast veins, thick texture, and often ribbed or winged petioles.

faustomirandae

Very large, thick, leathery, heart-shaped to triangular green leaves with a sturdy texture; a dramatic foliage species rather than a delicate velvet type.

faustomirandae × Anthurium clarinervium seedling_line

Large, thick, sculptural leaves that may combine faustomirandae size/substance with clarinervium-style pale venation and heart-shaped form.

Celebrated for its distinct, perfectly rounded, velvety leaves. Unlike most Anthurium species, its leaves completely lack a "sinus" (the V-shaped notch at the top), giving the foliage a continuous, shield-like oval outline

forgetii × Anthurium magnificum seedling_line

Velvety leaves ranging from rounded/closed-sinus forms to more notched heart-shaped forms, with pale venation and often strong petiole/stem influence from magnificum.

friedrichsthalii

Long narrow strap-like green leaves that hang down from the plant; foliage is usually glossy to satin rather than velvety.

Relatively narrow, simple green leaves on slender stems; mature inflorescences can produce attractive red berries.

Long leathery strap leaves held in a nest-like rosette; mature plants may produce showy infructescences with pale to coloured berries depending on form.

Long, leathery, strap-like leaves forming a broad nest-shaped rosette; leaf width and texture can vary between forms.

Velvety, heart-shaped dark green leaves with pale venation; a compact collector species from the Cardiolonchium-style velvet group.

Thick heart-shaped leaves with pale/white venation, similar in general look to the clarinervium group.

Thick, quilted, bullate heart-shaped leaves that emerge bronzy and mature deep green.

luxurians 'Platinum' trade_name

Native to Cultivated/trade form of Anthurium luxurians

luxurians × Anthurium radicans seedling_line

Deep green, heavily textured/bullate leaves, often heart-shaped to oval with strong lobes and pronounced quilted surface.

Native to Colombia

Large elongated to heart-shaped foliage with prominent veining and a marbled or patterned impression; texture can be substantial.

Long velvety green leaves with a metallic sheen and pale venation; mature leaves can become very large in ideal conditions.

Dark green to very dark leaf blades with contrasting venation; grown mainly for dramatic foliage.

pallidiflorum

Long pendant strap-like leaves with a darker, often velvety or satin surface and a paler midrib; mature leaves can become very long.

pandurilaminum

Distinctively shaped green leaves with a narrowed “waist” or pandurate outline in mature foliage.

papillilaminum

Native to Believed native to Colombia and Ecuador

papillilaminum × Anthurium crystallinum seedling_line

Velvety leaves that may range from elongated and dark to more heart-shaped, usually with attractive pale or greenish venation.

papillilaminum × Anthurium forgetii seedling_line

Dark velvety foliage that may combine papi length and colour with the rounder, closed-sinus tendency of forgetii.

papillilaminum × Anthurium magnificum seedling_line

Dark velvety leaves with pale to greenish venation; may combine papi darkness and elongated elegance with magnificum size and angular texture.

papillilaminum × self seedling_line

pedatoradiatum

Distinctive palmate leaves divided into finger-like lobes, giving a hand-shaped outline unlike most common Anthuriums.

Native to SW Colombia to Ecuador

Long narrow pendant leaves that hang down from the crown, giving a graceful strap-leaf look.

Large leathery strap-like leaves with strongly undulating/wavy margins, usually arranged in a broad bird’s-nest style rosette.

Small to medium leaves divided into multiple narrow lobes, giving an aralia-like or ferny look compared with typical entire Anthurium leaves.

pseudospectabile

Large showy green leaves, often elongated-heart shaped, with strong venation and a substantial tropical foliage look.

queremalense undescribed_species

Large elongated to oblong green leaves; collector descriptions emphasise very large leaves and a bold giant Anthurium look.

Textured, bullate, heart-shaped green leaves with a quilted surface; petioles arise from a creeping stem.

Large elongated heart-shaped leaves with pale veins; mature foliage can be spectacularly long and regal.

Green leaves with a rugose or finely textured surface; can look quilted or corrugated compared with smoother species.

Long, broad, leathery green leaves arranged from a central crown; less velvety and more structural than the velvet Anthuriums.

Attractive green leaves with pale venation and a collector Anthurium appearance; exact look may vary by clone and maturity.

Small, usually glossy green leaves on slender stems; often grown for its compact climbing habit and pearl-like fruiting display.

scherzerianum

Narrow to lance-shaped glossy leaves with colourful spathes and a distinctive curled, pigtail-like spadix.

sp. 'Portillae' collector_form

Collector Portillae plants are usually grown for elongated dark velvet leaves with strong pale venation, but appearance varies by clone/line.

Large green leaves with a strong tropical foliage look; mature leaves can be impressive and architectural.

Distinctive bullate, pebbled, or corrugated-looking leaves with a sculptural surface; leaves are usually dark green and highly textured.

Stiff dark green leaves with a corrugated or quilted surface, arranged in a dramatic bird’s-nest rosette.

Native to Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia)

Native to S. Mexico to Central America

villenaorum undescribed_species

Dark green, velvety, heart-shaped leaves with bright contrasting venation; mature leaves can become thick and refined.

vittariifolium

Very long narrow strap-like pendent leaves, usually plain green, giving a ribbon or shoelace effect.

Long narrow velvety pendant leaves with bold pale venation; mature leaves may become very long in ideal conditions.

watermaliense

Glossy green leaves with dark, often purplish to black spathes in flower; foliage is usually not the main show compared with velvet species.

Long narrow strap-like pendant leaves, often combined with a distinctive corkscrew or spiral spadix on mature plants.