📷 Pajast / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) — A. warocqueanum (besseae aff. clade)
Field Guide · Anthurium
A field guide to the most misunderstood group in modern anthurium collecting, with picks that earn their keep.
The species the rest of the complex gets compared to. Described from Bolivia, with a comparatively short, ovate-cordate blade, prominent pale primary veins, and a matte surface that never glosses up. Slow, fussy about root rot, and almost never the plant you bought labeled 'besseae aff.' True material is uncommon in the trade and worth confirming before you pay species prices.
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