What is this Anthurium

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    ianedwards Active Member

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    With its purple/red fruit and velumen roots it could be A. gracile or A. bakeri, but the leaves seem too big, at least 50cm long and wider than either of those.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Maybe A. cubense?
     
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    Thanks for the suggestions. My problem is that the descriptions of those species do not include any mention of the velamen on the roots, and that is something that would surely have been included in any description. I have found several references to the fact that some anthuriums, like orchids, have this velamen, but I can find no list of such species, and the few I can find are nothing like my plant.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I'm meeting with international aroid expert Dr. Tom Croat sometime next week; I can ask him, if you like.
     
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    That would be most kind of you!
     
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    Ian , I have only heard of one sp. with velamen and that is Anthurium gracile You can see the green tip on that sp.
    MAybe all Anthuriums roots have it ? Never really thought about it . Its just to hard to get a correct ID on all of the Pachynerium complex , as most are seed grown and come from collections with several different plants with little record of accession , just enjoy it .
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    The other thing is that the Anthuriums of Sect. Pachyneurium hybridize very easily with each other. So it's very possible you have a hybrid which has the leaf characteristics of one species, and the velumen of A. gracile. I'll still ask Dr. Croat, but he's probably going to tell me the same thing...

    Trikus makes a good point - it's lovely, so why worry about its exact name?
     
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    You are right, Trkus and Lorax, why worry. Just an urge to solve mysteries. But I would still like to know what Dr Croat says. If it is a hybrid we can no doubt expect any offspring to be a mixed lot, but a species which is self pollinating would breed true?
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Presumably a self-pollinated plant would breed true; certainly it's that way with other families. A hybrid might have mixed-lot seeds or seeds that come true if it was a hybrid that self-pollinated.
     
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    I initially thought A cubense also.....but agree more than likely a hybrid. Interesting about those roots, as I to have only seen them on A gracile...

    Ed
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    So, with all possibility, A. cubense x gracile.
     

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