Anthurium Crystallinum
Anthurium crystallinum
📖 About this plant
A highly sought-after tropical aroid prized for its large, velvety, heart-shaped leaves with striking silvery-white veining patterns. The leaves have a soft, luxurious texture unlike most tropical foliage plants. Produces small, pale green to white spathe flowers on short spadices. A collector’s gem that commands premium prices.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Bright indirect (4-6 hrs)
Every 1-2 weeks
High (60-80%)
18-26°C
Loose, airy, well-draining mix; orchid bark, perlite, peat, and worm castings (2:1:1:1); must be well-aerated
Balanced liquid fertilizer or orchid fertilizer diluted to half strength every 2-3 weeks during growing season
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Colombia, Panama, and other Central/South American rainforest regions
- 📏 Max height
- 30-60 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 30-60 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White, Green
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Dark Green, Silver Veined
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Mildly toxic — contains calcium oxalate crystals; can cause mouth and throat irritation if ingested; sap may irritate skin
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings with at least one node; division of root clumps; air layering
🛡️ Health & Safety
Mildly toxic — contains calcium oxalate crystals; can cause mouth and throat irritation if ingested; sap may irritate skin
Common issues
- Bacterial blight, Root rot from overwatering, Spider mites, Brown leaf tips from low humidity
💡 Care tips
- Velvety dark green leaves with striking white veins,Grown primarily for its stunning foliage rather than flowers,Requires well-draining orchid bark or aroid soil mix,All parts contain oxalate crystals toxic to pets and children
