Anthurium Wonderboy (Red Crystallinum)

The original Anthurium 'Wonderboy' breeding line descended from the nursery and collection of the late Tim Anderson of Palm Hammock Estate. He crossed Anthurium crystallinum, Anthurium magnificum, Anthurium dressleri and Anthurium regale over many generations to create the Anthurium 'Wonderboy' we know in further versions today. There is no exact pedigree because Anderson unfortunately did not keep a record of his cross-breeding attempts and only passed them on vaguely orally. These cultivars are now firmly established as the foundation for various other breeding lines, such as Anthurium 'Red Crystallinum NSE', DocBlock hybrids and Anthurium 'Red Crystallinum Tezula' and are undeniably seen as the grandparents of these impressively beautiful plants.

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Tim Anderson sold, exchanged and gave away various individuals from his Anthurium 'Wonderboy' breeding to now well-known nurseries and breeders in the anthurium scene. Since these were different individuals and not clones of the same plant, the cultivars of the subsequent breeders look very similar, but can be distinguished phenotypically.
While Enid Offolter, Dr. Jeff Block and William Rotolante used the Anthurium 'Wonderboy' plants they received from Tim Anderson to further develop them through sometimes more or less orderly crossings and selections, Scott Cohen remained loyal to Tim Anderson's work and still sells plants today under the name Anthurium 'Wonderboy A' . These have remained genetically very close to the original breeding, as Scott still uses the plants for propagation that come directly from Tim Anderson's inventory. Keeping the name Anthurium 'Wonderboy' also makes sense to us.