Anthurium Curandero

Medicine man, alternative practitioner and even quack doctor. These are the translations for the Spanish word "Curandero". What motivated Jay Vannini to create his hybrid from Anthurium sp. Nov. Only he knows how to call aff nigrolaminum 'Rimachii' and Anthurium papillilaminum 'Fort Sherman' that way.
We know at least one part of this hybrid well, the Anthurium papillilaminum 'Fort Sherman'.

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The other part might raise a big question mark among some readers. Anthurium nigrolaminum is well known. But "Rimachii"? Jay Vannini has not yet published a picture of the mother plant, although he has produced more than one hybrid from this plant. Just Anthurium 'Curandero' and also Anthurium 'Hechicera' (Anthurium sp. nov. aff. nigrolaminum 'Rimachii' x Anthurium dressleri 'Rio Guanche'). Not every breeder can afford that.

The appearance of the Anthurium 'Curandero' is easily described, but the actual picture hardly does justice. Both parents have elongated, pointed or acute-angled triangular leaves with a more or less widely opened sinus. In contrast to the well-known Anthurium nigrolaminum 'Gigi' (unfortunately we don't know what the Anthurium 'Rimachii' looks like), the Anthurium papillilaminum shimmers in a dark velvety blue and impresses with its elegant shape. So you can imagine what Anthurium 'Curandero' looks like. Very dark, elongated, triangular, wonderfully velvety with an open but not flat sinus. Since this is a plant of which you can buy various clones, you have to remember (as with any hybrid) that several dozen plants from the same batch were originally released. The appearance of each plant can and will differ and the characteristics just mentioned will come in different gradients of expression.