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Field Guide · Anthurium
The cross every seller mentions and few actually have — here's what the real plant looks like, and how to tell from a photo.
The Colombian parent, recognizable by a distinctly winged, quadrangular petiole — run a finger down it and you feel four ridges. Mature leaves are broad, rounded-cordate, and matte velvet with thick chalk-white primary veins. Newer leaves emerge bronze and harden to deep forest green. The most decisive ID feature in any hybrid discussion is that petiole.
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