Anthurium Crystallinum monstera and botanical explorer whose Rio

and botanical explorer whose Rio de Janeiro estate became one of the most significant private plant collections in South America

Humidity: 50%+ (adapts to average homes)

it grows terrestrially on shaded rocky forest floors at lower elevations

The bright red cataphylls that accompany each new unfurling add a further flash of color

Anthurium forgetii × Anthurium pinkleyi

Anthurium Crystallinum monstera and botanical explorer whose RioAnthurium Crystallinum One of the foundational velvet anthuriums, native to the humid montane forests of Panama, Colombia, and Peru, where it grows as a terrestrial to hemiepiphytic understory plant. Prized for its broadly heart shaped, deeply velvety dark green leaves with a network of brilliant white to silver venation that reads as almost crystalline against the matte surface. New leaves emerge in a vivid pink to reddish bronze flush before