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Field Guide · Anthurium
Not every dark-veined velvet leaf is a clarinervium — here's how to read the real thing, and which anthuriums belong next to it on your shelf.
The type by which most velvet anthuriums are measured. True specimens show a thick, stiff, cordate blade with sharp white primary venation on a deep matte-green surface — the contrast is almost printed, not just pale. Petioles are D-shaped in cross-section with a pale abaxial surface, and mature leaves typically reach 25–40 cm. Seedling variation is wide; named clones selected for density of silver venation and symmetrical sinus are worth paying extra for.
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