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Field Guide · Anthurium
Same silver veins, same velvet finish, two very different plants — sort them out by petiole, leaf shape, and how they hold themselves.
Endemic to limestone outcrops in Chiapas, Mexico. Thick, almost cardboard-stiff cordate leaves with bone-white venation on deep blackish-green. Petioles are terete and short, holding leaves close to the crown in a tight, upright posture. The easier of the two to grow indoors because it tolerates lower humidity and slightly drier media than its South American cousin.
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