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Start with Characteristics (multi-tag) or Morphology to browse by trait, or use Species, Named Hybrids, and Other Hybrids for taxonomy. Breeders / Breeding Lines narrows to a program or breeder — clone cards (OG, Green Genie, Dorito, SC1/SC2) are in the main list too.
Dramatic venation on lighter, canvas-textured leaves. Includes clarinervium, crystallinum, forgetii, magnificum, regale.
Key idea: canvas contrast veins
Characteristic reference — stacks with others on real plants.
Velvety blacks and chocolate browns. Papillilaminum, dressleri, warocqueanum, antolakii, and many hybrids fall here.
Key idea: near-black velvets
Narrow, elongated, often pendant leaves. vittarifolium, wendlingeri, pallidiflorum. Mount or basket; needs airflow along full leaf length.
Key idea: long pendant blades
Grown for plush, velvety leaf texture — stacks with dark and veiny on the same plant. Clarinervium is velvet + veiny + dark; papillilaminum is velvet + dark.
Key idea: plush soft surface
Dense upright rosettes with broad architectural leaves — not pendant, not heart-velvet collectors. hookeri, superbum, plowmanii, Jungle King types. Often sturdier in average humidity.
Key idea: upright rosettes
Mature leaves measured in feet, not inches. warocqueanum (queen), regale, mature veitchii, coriaceum. Needs space, patience, and stable humidity for full size.
Key idea: leaves in feet
Small footprint, short petioles, shelf-sized maturity. besseae, carlablackiae, forgetii, villenaorum. Heavily crossed because they fit more grow tents and cabinet setups.
Key idea: tent shelf size
Chimeric or unstable variegation — papillilaminum variegata, crystallinum variegata, Thai/Indo mint releases. Stability and reversions are major value drivers.
Key idea: chimeric sectors
Veins that emboss and blister outward from the leaf surface — raised puckered tissue that pops off dark velvet, not chimeric sector variegation. Contrast can be white, silver, or pink depending on the plant; can be heritable in species crosses.
Key idea: silver vein pop
Ruffled or quilted leaf margins and surfaces. veitchii (king anthurium), rippled wendlingeri forms, some luxurians-adjacent bullate types. Texture is the primary appeal.
Key idea: quilted ruffles
New leaves that visibly pop before hardening off — red, pink, purple, copper, iridescent, or golden-green flush. Distinct from mature foliage color; the emergent phase is often why collectors grow the plant.
Key idea: new leaf color pop
Red, pink, or copper on veins, midrib, or petiole that remains visible after the leaf hardens. Distinct from Showy Emergent, where the color is mainly a new-leaf phase. Some red crystallinum-type lines hold color on mature silver-veined foliage; others fade to green — verify clone and provenance.
Key idea: mature red veins or petiole
Stands out for tolerating typical indoor humidity and light better than velvet collectors — bird's nest rosettes and entry-level canvas velvets. Still an anthurium (chunky mix, no wet feet), but not a cabinet-or-greenhouse mandate.
Key idea: average-home tolerant
Needs stable high humidity (often 70%+), careful watering, and minimal environmental swings — queen/giant strap-leaves, dark Panama velvets, fussy forgetii, and variegated headline hybrids. Cabinet, tent, or greenhouse culture is the norm, not a bonus.
Key idea: humidity + stability
Noticeably productive in stable cabinet or tent culture — new blades on a predictable cadence, not one leaf every few months. Canvas velvets and bird's nest rosettes stand out here.
Key idea: steady leaf output
Weeks to months between mature leaves — often one-at-a-time queens, bullate luxurians, and dark Panama velvets. Patience is part of the cultivar; import recovery and leaf aborts are common discussion points.
Key idea: patience required
Named SKG selection from jungle-collected seed — not a breeding line. Hobby shorthand AoS. RVDP pollen parent; distinct from King of Spades and from Hawaiian Novelty G AoS lines.
Known for: true SKG jungle AoS
Tezula Plants color-graded dark selection from Ace of Spades seedling batches — not the Silver Krome jungle-seed Ace of Spades card on this guide. Mature leaves run near-black velvet with pale primary veins; emergents open dark and harden deep green to black. Slower and more humidity-sensitive than Tezula's easy-care red lines.
Known for: tezula dark AoS grading
Black Velvet Eastern Panama — collector shorthand BVEP. Formally described species, not a hybrid.
Known for: BVEP holy grail
Central American epiphyte — matte narrowly lanceolate leaves, short compact stems. Reddish-brown glandular punctations on the lower surface are the ID tell. Apomictic: sets bright red pointed berries without pollination. Often mis-sold as loefgrenii or gracile — check underside punctations and petiole transition.
Known for: bright red berries
Ecuadorian compact species — cordate velvet with bold silver vein structure. New leaves flush with a distinctive iridescent sheen before hardening off. Orange-to-red inflorescences on confirmed wild-type plants. Distinct from the hobby default besseae aff. stock — verify provenance when a listing says only "besseae."
Known for: iridescent emergent leaves
aff. (affinis) = besseae-like, not verified true A. besseae. This is the default label on most circulated cabinet stock and crosses — including besseae aff. × forgetii and (FS × RL) × Bess. Parent in compact velvet programs when sellers do not document wild-type provenance.
Known for: hobby default compact velvet
Compact round hybrid inheriting forgetii's closed sinus with besseae-type structured silver venation. Thick velvet rosette — popular cabinet plant; verify aff. besseae parent on listing.
Known for: cabinet round rosette
Jay Vannini cross — luxurians × dressleri RG. Gothic bullate dark foliage; holy-grail resale ID in collector circles. Verify JV provenance; not a mass-market tissue-culture line.
Known for: gothic JV grail
Near-black Doc Block cultivar — reduced patterning, maximum dark foliage. Prized for breeding dark velvet backcrosses.
Known for: Block near-black
Dr. Jeffrey Block cultivar — not NSE Zara. Compact dark velvet with strong venation; verify breeder attribution on resale tags.
Known for: doc block red line
Thai Exotic variegated release from the RVDP sibling group — gold/cream sectoring on dark velvet. Sector stability varies plant to plant.
Known for: gold sector variegation
Hobby shorthand carla. Compact, dark, heavily veined — one of the most crossed species. A tag saying only "carla" is never enough; you need cross numbers.
Known for: always need a clone #
Clone culture
OG (Scott Cohen), RA (Rory Antolak), Wu (Wu Hoo Tropicals), District, Kuna, and hobby A-numbers — clone ID is everything.
Cross culture
Tags like carla 5×10 mean generation × selection number. Always ask seed parent × pollen parent.
Early unnumbered RA-era wild clone in veteran US collections — circulated alongside OG carla before the RA numbering system. Not a seedling label; verify offset provenance from Rory Antolak pre-number distribution.
Known for: pre-RA wild clone lore
Named minimal-vein carlablackiae clone in US collector trade — reduced pink venation on compact dark velvet. Collector lore ties the line to Dylan Nguyen; widely used as pollen parent in dressleri RG × Amanda and other dark velvet programs. Amanda names this carla stock, not the dressleri cross.
Known for: minimal pink veins
Self-cross or OG × RA carla pairing — labeled A2×RA7, OG×OG, etc. F2 segregation is high; siblings can look like different species.
Known for: F2 roulette
Carla × carla numbered cross — hobby A-clone seed parent × RA7 pollen. Example of why "carla" alone on a tag is never enough; ask for both clone numbers.
Known for: carla × carla by the numbers
Named carlablackiae clone line in US hobby trade — reduced, calmer veining vs heavy OG types. Common pollen parent in papillilaminum × District crosses.
Known for: calm veins, pap cross parent
Original Scott Cohen carlablackiae clone from Rory Antolak material — OG-numbered distribution, not a species card replacement. Always ask which OG number.
Known for: original Cohen carla
Original Scott Cohen clone from early Rory Antolak material — numbered separately from RA papillilaminum lines. Foundation carla for many US crosses.
Known for: OG foundation clone
Third numbered OG carlablackiae distribution clone — distinct venation and emergent color from OG1/OG2. Verify OG number on every resale listing.
Known for: third OG line
Rory Antolak numbered wild clones — RA7 and other RA carlablackiae circulate in Florida collector networks. Numbered separately from OG distribution.
Known for: RA7 & numbered wild carlas
Wu Hoo Tropicals numbered line — Wu1, Wu2, Wu3… Houston program (Bryan Wu, founded 2018). Hobby shorthand for Texas-distributed carlablackiae alongside Wu papillilaminum and red-crystallinum breeding stock.
Known for: Texas Wu1 Wu2… line
Wu Hoo Tropicals carla × carla — flagship numbered Wu line cross. Long-leaf Wu selections from within the same breeding program; F2 seedlings vary. Verify Wu1 vs Wu2 clone numbers on resale.
Known for: Wu line carla × carla
Historic Selby Gardens hybrid (~dressleri × leucostachyum / versicolor) by Mike Bush — hobby shorthand CP. Selby name Mike's Goliath; trade name from the inflorescence's artificial-banana scent. Large mature blades with a flat sinus and minimal basal notch; copper-bronze emergent leaves maturing dark green.
Known for: smells like the candy
Large velvet species in US hobby lines — often sold as aff. cirinoi from Hawaii collections. Long, dark blades with strong primary venation; vigorous compared with queen anthurium. Common pollen parent in cirinoi × waroc crosses.
Known for: large dark velvet species
Dark matte velvet with bold white venation — classic velvet + veiny + dark stack. Reflective white veins are the reference for blister variegation (structural silver, not chimeric sectoring).
Known for: white veins on black velvet
Chiapas white-vein contrast on carla-dark velvet — sharper graphic venation than crystallinum × carla. Compact if carla is pollen parent.
Known for: graphic white on dark compact
Leatherleaf anthurium — thick, stiff leaves to several feet. Landscape giant, not velvet. Needs room and decades to reach full stature in collection conditions.
Known for: leather-leaf giant
Red-emergent Block line with crystallinum-type venation — bridges Wonderboy red genetics with canvas contrast foliage.
Known for: red + canvas veins
Large heart-shaped leaves, silvery-white veining. Dark-form variants exist. Backbone for crystallinum × carlablackiae and many breeder programs.
Known for: silver canvas veins
The workhorse carla cross — silver canvas venation on compact dark velvet. Backbone of Red Crystallinum-type programs and countless F2 seedlings in trade.
Known for: the OG silver compact cross
Jay Vannini flagship — sp. nov. aff. nigrolaminum 'Rimachii' × Fort Sherman papillilaminum. Inky dark velvet with wide sagittate sinus; sibling to Hechicera (Rimachii × dressleri RG).
Known for: JV dark flagship
Nigel (BoyGardening) parent plant — dark narrow waroc clone × papillilaminum. Rare foundation for the Alien Franchise: waroc-length blades with pap-type venation. Humidity-sensitive; breeder notes clone numbers are unspecified.
Known for: rare alien-line parent
Named Haji Ulih hybrid (~papillilaminum × dressleri, parentage disputed). Hobby shorthand DP. Not related to RVDP despite similar naming.
Known for: HU pap × dressleri — not RVDP
Named Amy Donovan hybrid — large rippled dark foliage, heavy bloomer. Parentage often undocumented; widely used as luxurians-adjacent breeding stock.
Known for: big rippled bloomer
Steve Nock hybrid from Ree Gardens, Miami (1990s) — selected F1 seedling from clarinervium × pedatoradiatum. Only this clone had the deltoid (triangular) leaf and narrow tip; later repeats of the cross did not recreate it. Reproduced only by division or tissue culture.
Known for: unusual triangular or deltoid leaf shape
BoyGardening Stranger Things cross — NSE Red Crystal × Mind Flayer. Mature plants run medium green velvet with silver primary veins and light green ribbing, plus a fused sinus inherited from the Mind Flayer side. Seedlings vary on vein density and how fully the sinus closes. Reported very fast and easy grower.
Known for: silver veins on medium green velvet
Indonesian trade cultivar named for its round leaf shape — crystallinum-derived compact velvet with heavy silver veins. Parentage debated (crystallinum selection vs forgetii × crystallinum). Often listed as Anthurium crystallinum 'Dorayaki'.
Known for: diffuse silve veins, round coin leaf
Near-black velvet from Panama. RA and RG numbered clones. Parent in many dark hybrids including Dark Phoenix (~papillilaminum × dressleri).
Known for: Panama near-black velvet
NSE dark dressleri clone — inky near-black velvet widely used as pollen parent in US dark hybrid programs. Distinct from Jay Vannini RG ecotype; verify clone name on listing.
Known for: NSE inky pollen parent
Jay Vannini ecotype from Río Guanche, Panama — recessive near-black velvet with strong hastate lobes. Hobby shorthand RG (not Ree Gardens pap). Pollen parent in Black Magic (luxurians × dressleri RG) and Hechicera lines.
Known for: RG recessive black
Near-black dressleri lobes on compact carla body — heavily bred in dark velvet programs. Parent to lines like dressleri RG × carlablackiae 'Amanda'.
Known for: black lobes, carla body
Dylan Nguyen cross (per collector sources) — dressleri RG × carlablackiae Amanda. Amanda names the minimal-vein carla clone used as pollen parent, not this hybrid. Dark velvet, fast growth; widely recreated and used in RLFS × carla and other hobby programs.
Known for: dressleri × carla dark hybrid
BoyGardening cross from Dark Mama × papillilaminum — seed parent to Xenomorph and other Alien Franchise crosses. Wider, faster-growing than Dark Mama with chocolate-toned emergents and deep forest-green mature velvet. Pap clone unspecified per breeder.
Known for: xenomorph seed parent
Round form = reference peltate attachment and fused sinus — petiole joins under a closed round blade, not merely a tight cordate slit. Breeders cross forgetii into pap, luxurians, and carla lines to pull round form into dark velvet.
Known for: round shield leaf
Ecuador Esmeraldas provenance — longer, more elongated round form than classic Colombian forgetii, but retains the closed peltate sinus. Verify form on mature leaves; juvenile blades can mislead.
Known for: elongated round Ecuador
Rounder silhouette from forgetii with carla color and vein density — breeders chase fused sinus and orbicular form in F2. Esmeraldae forgetii changes outcomes.
Known for: round form into carla
Shield hybrid — luxurians bullate texture with forgetii pulling the wide luxurians sinus closed. Leaves rounder and more compact than pure luxurians; best clones overlap or fuse; seedlings often intermediate.
Known for: bullate meets round
Named dark round hybrid — forgetii's peltate outline with nigrolaminum's glossier, heavier lamina. Near-unbroken sinus and orbicular blade; among the most sought-after closed-sinus collector releases. Pollen parent is the Nigrolaminum 'Gigi' selection — see that card for the upstream plant.
Known for: closed sinus grail
Canal pap FS seed or pollen into carla — elongated triangular dark leaves with carla venation. Wide sinus from pap parent; verify FS provenance.
Known for: canal shape + carla veins
Jay Vannini canal pap cross — blends FS elongation with RL reddish vein color. Wide sinus retained in best selections; F2 batches vary. Also reversed as RLFS.
Known for: Jay V canal cross
Multi-gen cross — Fort Sherman × Ralph Lynam (FSRL) × besseae aff. High-maintenance dark velvet with iridescent sheen on new leaves. Juvenile blades run very dark sagittate velvet; emergents flash besseae-type reflective sheen before hardening off.
Known for: iridescent emergent sheen on dark velvet
Indonesian dark velvet release — trade nickname Darkest Panama. Pillow-textured near-black foliage with bold veins; widely used as pollen parent (× Dark Phoenix, × forgetii). Not a verified Panama wild species.
Known for: Darkest Panama trade name
Jay Vannini cross — sp. nov. aff. nigrolaminum 'Rimachii' × dressleri RG. Sibling to Curandero with compact habit and strong emergent color; seedlings vary batch to batch.
Known for: Curandero's RG sibling
Landscape-grade bird's nest — radiating strap-shaped leaves from a central rosette. Tolerates lower light than velvet species.
Known for: easy bird's nest
Named hybrid (~crystallinum × magnificum), not a breeding line. Hobby shorthand KOS. Round dark velvet with overlapping posterior lobes. Premium Round Form and flat-sinus Butterfly selections exist; F2 seed variation is significant.
Known for: KOS round dark velvet
Reference KOS clone — coin-round dark velvet with tight overlapping posterior lobes. The form collectors mean when a listing says "true KOS."
Known for: the "true KOS" form
Named KOS selection — wider posterior lobes with a flat-sinus butterfly silhouette. Premium clone; distinct from round overlapping KOS picks. F2 seedlings vary widely.
Known for: butterfly-lobe KOS pick
Multi-gen cross — King of Spades × (Long × Long Bullet × port). Long × Long Bullet is Scott Cohen's papillilaminum LLB line (Long × Long Bullet clones); port = portillae. Mature plants run medium cordate velvet with thin, pale primary veins — finer than typical KOS or crystallinum canvas veining. Fast grower but humidity-sensitive.
Known for: thin veins on medium green leaf
Community multi-gen cross — one parent is Kuna carlablackiae × papillilaminum; the other is an F2 batch × Amanda (the minimal-vein carlablackiae clone). Which bracket was seed parent and which F2 line sat on the other side are unknown. Very dark mature velvet with dramatic soft velvet emergents and bullate puckering between recessed veins. Petiole and sinus can keep reddish color even after leaves harden off.
Known for: dark bullate velvet & some red petiole hold
Mexican velvet with pale major veins — crystallinum-adjacent look, often debated as a natural clarinervium hybrid. Historic European hybrid parent (macrolobum lineage); distinct from true crystallinum in petiole and vein color.
Known for: old Mexican velvet
Scott Cohen pap cross — Papillilaminum Long × Long Bullet, two numbered canal clones from his distribution program. Hobby shorthand LLB. Elongated dark velvet blades with rugged quilted texture; common pollen parent in US multi-gen batches (e.g. × portillae, × King of Spades). F2 seedlings vary.
Known for: Cohen elongated dark pap
Deeply bullate, quilted dark green leaves with a naturally wide open sinus — high humidity specialist. Crossed with forgetii to close the sinus in shield-type hybrids; parent of Black Magic (× dressleri RG).
Known for: quilted bullate leaves
Common Amy Donovan other hybrid — bullate luxurians texture with Delta Dawn size and bloom frequency. Parentage should be confirmed per plant.
Known for: bullate × heavy bloomer
Large cordate leaves, prominent veining, winged petioles. Parent in magnificum × crystallinum and King of Spades lineage.
Known for: winged petioles
Winged petioles and bold magnificum veining scaled to carla compact habit — parent line adjacent to King of Spades-type breeding, distinct outcome.
Known for: winged petioles at carla scale
Doc Block flagship — near-black velvet with raised silvery-white blister variegation. Thick silver veins emboss the blade; red to pink flush runs the midrib and petiole sinus, bleeding into the silver veination toward the leaf base. Puckered tissue between the veins gives a clarinervium-type pop — not flat canvas veining.
Known for: near black leaves with silver veins, red midrib
BoyGardening Stranger Things line — forgetii mutant with penta-veination and a fused, bowl-shaped leaf. Not a published species cross; selected from forgetii stock for extreme vein count and orbicular silhouette. Parent to Demogorgon and other ST franchise seedlings.
Known for: penta-vein forgetii mutant
Dark velvet Block selection with refined silver venation and upright growth habit. Frequently crossed back into crystallinum-type lines.
Known for: block velvet release
US batch cross (~2022) — Indo Portillae × NSE Portillae Dorito. Batch name, not one clone; seedlings vary from green to near-black. Best selections: dark velvet, triangular blades, flat to negative sinus — the trait collectors select for in this line.
Known for: flat sinus port batch
RVDP sibling from the same Thai Exotic cross batch — dark variegated velvet, high contrast sectors. Same parentage pool as RVDP, distinct selection.
Known for: RVDP variegated sibling
Near-black compact velvet from Panama — parent line of Nigrolaminum 'Gigi' and Jay Vannini Curandero (Rimachii clone × FS pap). Rimachii selections circulate as numbered dark parents.
Known for: Rimachii parent line
Named dark nigrolaminum selection — the parent plant behind Forgetii × Nigrolaminum 'Gigi', not the hybrid release itself. Glossy near-black lamina on a compact hastate frame; circulated as a pollen parent for closed-sinus forgetii crosses.
Known for: Gigi cross pollen parent
Hawaiian Novelty Greens line — darker velvet and minimal veining vs classic Florida SKG AoS. Constant ID thread name; not the Denis Rotolante jungle-seed lineage. "Wavy df" batches are selections within this trade line.
Known for: Hawaiian dark AoS — not SKG
Trade shorthand for red-emergent crystallinum-type foliage — typically Wonderboy-derived genetics with bright red new leaves and silver veining. Not one breeder or clone: NSE Red Crystal, Tezula Red Crystallinum, Block lines, and other programs all get called "red crystallinum" in listings. Use the named-hybrid or breeder tag when the seller specifies provenance.
Known for: red emergent trade type
Enid Offolter's named red-emergent line within the broader red crystallinum trade type — not interchangeable with Tezula, Block, or generic "red crystal" batches. Red new leaves and silver veining; mature foliage can keep red on the midrib and central veins. Hobby name for the NSE Red Crystallinum program; verify clone vs open-pollinated seedling on purchase.
Known for: red emergent NSE line
Selected seedlings from red crystal × pap batches — structural blister variegation on dark canal pap bodies, not chimeric mint sectoring. Seedlings vary widely across batches; listings often mean "blister-variegated offspring," not one stable clone.
Known for: blister pap × red crystal seedlings
Named NSE cultivar — strong red central stripe and silver lateral venation that can hold on mature leaves. One of the most circulated NSE selections in secondary market listings.
Known for: named NSE cultivar
Narrow strap leaves with distinctive pale inflorescences. Pendant grower alongside vittarifolium and wendlingeri.
Known for: pale flowers, strap leaf
Hobby shorthand pap / papi — dark velvet, highly variable. Clone identity matters enormously.
Known for: clone name is very important
Clone culture
RA clones (RA1, RA2…), Fort Sherman OG lineage. "Unnumbered" ≠ every seedling — verify wild clone claims.
Ecotypes
Canal (FS, RL, SC1/SC2) — elongated, sagittate. Lago Gatun (LG) — rounder lobes; Green Genie = flat-sinus type locality clone.
EU hobby clone ("Daniel" / EU pap) — canal-type sagittate blade and dark velvet. Popular pollen/seed parent for Velvet Mask (pap × forgetii) crosses chasing round fused sinuses.
Known for: EU canal pap
Canal-type OG clone from Panama Canal zone. Reference sagittate form — elongated triangular leaf with open basal gap, inky dark velvet, golden-green emergent veins.
Known for: OG canal pap
Jay Vannini Lago Gatun clone from the type locality — bullate dark green leaves with minimal basal indentation (flat sinus). Same provenance as RA#5; leaves darken substantially at maturity.
Known for: type-locality LG
Lago Gatun (LG) ecotype — rounder posterior lobes and a tighter basal gap than Canal forms. Contrast to Fort Sherman sagittate canal lines; often sold simply as "pap LG."
Known for: LG rounder lobes
Canal pap collected and distributed by Ralph Lynam — slightly broader and more quilted than FS, with reddish emergent veins and inky abaxials. Sagittate elongated blade; backbone parent for FSRL and RLFS crosses.
Known for: reddish canal pap
Marie & Steve Nock (Ree Gardens, Florida) canal-ecotype clone — narrow elongated blade, open sinus, purple-red abaxials. Some US growers consider it FS-adjacent; widely seed-propagated into Asian hobby lines.
Known for: narrow Marie Nock pap
Scott Cohen numbered pap clone — hobby shorthand SC1 (separate from OG carla lines). Canal-type elongated blade, mahogany emergent color, high "ears." Parent in SC1 × SC2 and Carnivero breeding batches.
Known for: Cohen pap #1
Scott Cohen numbered pap clone — hobby shorthand SC2. Long canal-type shape, vigorous grower, dark velvet with strong emergent mahogany. Common pollen parent with SC1 in US hobby seed batches.
Known for: Cohen pap #2
Wild canal-type pap from Vanderbilt University greenhouse material — dispersed when the collection closed. Elongated dark velvet with open sinus; phenotype overlaps FS/RL but provenance is distinct.
Known for: uni greenhouse pap
Variegated form — seed parent line for RVDP and other Thai crosses. Sector stability varies wildly plant to plant; sinus form follows the underlying clone.
Known for: RVDP seed parent
Wu Hoo Tropicals canal pap var line — Houston-bred dark velvet pap used as seed parent in pap × carla Wu crosses and red-crystallinum hybrid batches. Distinct from OG Fort Sherman / RA pap clones; verify Wu pap provenance on resale.
Known for: Wu pap var line
Signature Wu Hoo Tropicals dark hybrid — pap var × carlablackiae Wu2 is the common shop listing shorthand. Pulls elongated pap blade into compact Wu carla veining; seedling batches vary. Not interchangeable with generic pap × carla using FS, OG, or District clones.
Known for: Wu pap × Wu carla
Pulls Canal pap shape and darkness into compact carla footprint — among the most common dark hybrid directions. Clone on both sides matters (FS, RL, OG, District).
Known for: dark pap + carla
Hobby name for pap × forgetii — dark pap velvet on forgetii's closed round silhouette. Seedlings often show intermediate sinuses; breeders select later generations for true fused form. Daniel and Logo forgetii are common parents.
Known for: pap × forgetii hobby name
Multi-gen Canal pap × carlablackiae District — wide pap blade with calmer District veining. Specific cross combo seen in EU/US hobby listings.
Known for: wide pap, chill District veins
Peach-toned variegated Thai Exotic selection — warm sector color on dark velvet from the same Jeera Jukmongkol breeding push as RVDP.
Known for: peach variegated sectors
Bird's nest with ruffled, wavy leaf margins — architectural and sturdy. Grande form widely grown in landscapes.
Known for: wavy nest margins
Small dark Panama velvet — compact triangular blades with a flat sinus and minimal basal notch. RA-numbered clones circulate. See Portillae — Dorito for the NSE flat-sinus reference clone; parent species to Mr. Worldwide.
Known for: tiny dark Panama velvet
NSE Tropicals flat-sinus portillae selection — compact Dorito-shaped triangular blade with minimal basal notch. US trade reference for flat port morphology; seed parent to Mr. Worldwide (× Indo port). Not every NSE port is Dorito — verify shape on mature leaves.
Known for: NSE flat Dorito port
SKG tissue-culture cultivar — dark cordate velvet, AoS-adjacent resale ID. Hobby shorthand QOH. Distinct from true Ace of Spades jungle seed line; verify SKG tag on listing.
Known for: SKG TC dark cordate
Community multi-gen cross — Red Crystallinum × King of Spades (RC × KOS) × Indonesian portillae. Mature plants run very dark, puffy bullate velvet with dramatic pale veins and wide-sinus blades that flare like vampire wings. Bright red inflorescence on some specimens.
Known for: dark puffy wings & red bloom
Thai Exotic sibling to RVDP from papillilaminum variegata × Ace of Spades. Not Indonesian DP.
Known for: Thai RDP — not Indo DP
Eddy Pranoto (Bogor) named hybrid — ~red crystallinum × forgetii. Closed round sinus, thin spidery red veins, red petiole insertion. Red Spider EPP = intensified seed-grown Eddy Pranoto Private selections.
Known for: EPP fused sinus picks
Hobby-trade seedling sold as a Red Spider hybrid — seller could not recall the other parent or cross direction. Mature plants show dark velvet with red-toned veins, a fused sinus, and reddish petiole flush. Fast grower relative to typical dark velvet lines. Not the Eddy Pranoto Red Spider cultivar card — verify listing parentage before claiming a specific cross.
Known for: red veins, fused sinus
Massive ribbed leaves with silver veining — Peruvian cloud forest species. Wonderboy line parent; needs space and high humidity.
Known for: Peruvian ribbed giant
RL pap × FS pap (RLFS) — Ralph Lynam seed × Fort Sherman pollen — crossed to carla. Pap-shaped leaves with reduced pink carla veining. Open-pollinated batches may have uncertain pollen parent.
Known for: RL pap into carla
Red Vein Dark Phoenix (2019). Papillilaminum variegata × Ace of Spades — Jeera Jukmongkol / Thai Exotic. Red vein color on mature variegated foliage — not just emergent flush. Not Indonesian Dark Phoenix (DP).
Known for: Thai variegated headline
Crystallinum-type named cultivar — thick bright silver venation on compact velvet foliage. Horticultural selection (sometimes sold as crystallinum mutation); also crossed with NSE Red Crystallinum and Dorayaki in hobby programs. Syn. Crystal Hope in some Asian listings.
Known for: diffuse silver veins
SKG-distributed Wonderboy-adjacent material from the Rotolante program — red/silver emergent lines alongside Ace of Spades dark selections.
Known for: SKG red/silver line
William Rotolante SKG selection — emergent orange or burgundy fading to grey-silver sheen at maturity. Distinct from true Ace of Spades jungle seed line; sibling direction to SKG Silver in the Rotolante program.
Known for: fades grey-silver
William Rotolante SKG line — new leaves emerge silvery grey rather than red-toned like SKG Grey. Iridescent cordate velvet; limited distribution beyond Florida collector networks.
Known for: silvery emergent flush
Undescribed Ecuadorian velvet — placeholder for Dewey Fisk, not "dark form." Near-black triangular blades with wide open sinus; extremely limited true clones in US collections. Many resale "DF" plants are hybrid swarm material — verify JV/Dewey-line provenance.
Known for: Dewey Fisk grail
Large dark rippled velvet from Panama — ubiquitous pollen parent in US hobby crosses (splendidum × pap, forgetii × (carla × pap) × splendidum stacks). Distinct from crystallinum-type veiny lines.
Known for: everyone's dark pollen parent
Upright funnel rosette — broad leathery leaves. More forgiving humidity than velvet collectors.
Known for: upright funnel nest
Multi-gen community cross — Tezula Ace of Spades dark form × (Cirinoi × Warocqueanum). Parent direction not confirmed. Mature plants run long, dark, and dramatic: near-black velvet with pale primary veins, waroc-type blade length from the cirinoi × waroc side. Reported easy grower for a dark velvet queen-line hybrid.
Known for: long dark dramatic foliage
Tezula Plants flagship red-emergent crystallinum-type line — parallel to NSE Red Crystallinum from shared Wonderboy ancestry. Strong silver veining, red new leaves; mature foliage can keep red on the midrib and central veins. Also sold as the shorthand Tezula Red Crystal; same line, not interchangeable with NSE material — provenance matters.
Known for: tezula flagship red
Distinct tall-growing Palm Hammock selection — elongated oblong blades and longer petioles than round Wonderboy forms. Hobby shorthand TALL; widely used as pollen parent in US hybrid batches (e.g. × magnificum Stripey).
Known for: long-leaf Palm Hammock
Near-black velvet Wonderboy derivative — darker foliage, reduced silver contrast. Frequently used as breeding stock in US velvet programs.
Known for: near-black wonderboy
Striped emergent venation on Wonderboy-type foliage — high contrast red/silver patterning. Distinct look within the same Palm Hammock gene pool.
Known for: striped emergent veins
Sectoral variegation on dark Block velvet — unstable chimera with high collector demand. Reversion risk is a major value factor.
Known for: patterned emergent color
King anthurium — corrugated pendulous leaves to 3+ feet. Rippled + giant + strap leaf at maturity.
Known for: corrugated king leaves
BoyGardening Dragon Series — Rusty Brown Bear × NOID Vhagar. Exceptionally dark, almost-black velvet blades with minimal visible venation from the Vhagar side. Mature leaves keep a very slight red flush at the petiole.
Known for: near-black velvet
Compact oval velvet with subtle greenish-white veins — often overlooked next to crystallinum. Epiphytic; does well mounted.
Known for: tent-sized velvet
Classic pendant strap-leaf species. Needs room to hang; high humidity along the full leaf length.
Known for: classic pendant straps
Queen anthurium — elongated dark velvet leaves to 4+ feet. Giant + dark + velvet.
Known for: queen — feet not inches
Long rippled or twisted strap leaves — rainbow and standard forms. Strap leaf + rippled.
Known for: twisted strap leaves
Flagship Tim Anderson selection — red-emergent velvet with silver veining; mature leaves can keep red on the midrib and central veins. Root genetics behind NSE, Tezula, Doc Block, and Scott Cohen lines.
Known for: granddaddy red genetics
Scott Cohen numbered Wonderboy line — early Palm Hammock distribution. Foundation for many crystallinum × carlablackiae crosses in US collections.
Known for: round, thick silver veins
Sibling numbered line to Wonderboy A — distinct venation and emergent color expression. Often referenced in OG carlablackiae provenance chains.
Known for: oblong, purple emergent
Pink-emergent Wonderboy derivative — softer new-leaf color than red-emergent NSE/Tezula lines. Notable for blister variegation on bubbly leaf margins and wide silver veining; key Cohen line for pink-toned velvet hybrids.
Known for: bubbly blister margins
BoyGardening Alien Franchise — Fat Mama × Facehugger. Fat Mama is Dark Mama × papillilaminum; Facehugger is carlablackiae × forgetii. Seedlings vary: mature plants run deep forest to near-black velvet with pale, high-contrast primary veins and a lightly quilted blade. Emergents open deep brown and harden to deep green. Vigorous for a dark velvet cross.
Known for: pale veins on dark velvet
Palm Hammock Orchid Estate. Multi-gen crosses of crystallinum, magnificum, dressleri, regale — grandfather line behind NSE Red Crystallinum, Dr. Jeffrey Block, Tezula, and Scott Cohen Wonderboy material.
Key idea: Palm Hammock OG line
Enid Offolter's nursery — clone distribution and species material beyond the red-emergent program. Includes dressleri Obsidian, portillae Dorito, and other NSE-propagated selections. Not interchangeable with the NSE Red Crystallinum breeding line.
Key idea: Enid nursery clones
Enid's Wonderboy-derived red-emergent program — red new leaves, silver veining, red central stripes that can hold on mature foliage. Hobby shorthand nse / NSE Red Crystal. Separate breeding-line tag from NSE Tropicals clone distribution (e.g. dressleri Obsidian).
Key idea: red emergent program
40+ years velvet-leaf selective breeding on Wonderboy material. Hobby shorthand doc block. Seed-grown named cultivars from multi-generation velvet selections.
Key idea: doc block velvet lines
Tezula Plants — red-emergent crystallinum-type line branching from Tim Anderson Wonderboy genetics. Parallel branch to NSE Red Crystallinum, not a sub-line of either.
Key idea: Wonderboy parallel branch
US clone distribution — numbered OG carlablackiae (OG1, OG2…) and canal SC papillilaminum (SC1, SC2…). Separate from his Wonderboy A/B/Pink lines; always verify OG or SC number on listing.
Key idea: OG carla + SC pap clones
Palm Hammock Wonderboy distribution — Cohen's numbered Wonderboy A, B, Pink lines from Tim Anderson genetics. Not the same track as OG carla or SC pap clone distribution.
Key idea: Wonderboy A/B/Pink lines
Indonesian breeder (hobby shorthand HU). Released named hybrids — King of Spades (~crystallinum × magnificum) and Dark Phoenix (~papillilaminum × dressleri) — not multi-generation breeding lines like Wonderboy or NSE.
Key idea: KOS & DP releases
Bogor, Indonesia. Hybridizer behind Red Spider and the intensified Red Spider EPP (Eddy Pranoto Private) seed-grown selections — crystallinum × forgetii-type round hybrids, distinct from Haji Ulih's KOS/DP releases.
Key idea: Red Spider house
Marie & Steve Nock — Miami-area Florida nursery active from the 1980s–90s. Canal-ecotype papillilaminum clone and headline hybrid Delta Force (clarinervium × pedatoradiatum) both trace to this program. Verify clone provenance on resale; much Ree-labeled pap in Asia is seed-propagated downstream stock.
Key idea: Delta Force & Marie Nock pap
Bryan Wu — Houston, Texas (founded 2018). Hobby shorthand Wuhoo / Wu Hoo. Numbered carlablackiae Wu1, Wu2… line, canal papillilaminum var stock, and signature pap × carla Wu hybrids sold on Palmstreet and the Wuhoo shop. Verify Wu clone numbers — downstream resale often drops the breeder prefix.
Key idea: Wu1/Wu2 carla & pap × carla
Rotolante family, Florida. Hobby shorthand SKG. Long-running velvet program — Ace of Spades, Wonderboy-adjacent material, and collector-distributed clones.
Key idea: AoS home base
Thai Exotic breeding program (Jeera Jukmongkol). Dark variegated velvet crosses from papillilaminum variegata × Ace of Spades lineage. RVDP is the headline release.
Key idea: RVDP house
US hybrid breeder — large, frequent-blooming stock prized for luxurians crosses. Delta Dawn is the headline cultivar; parentage often undocumented on resale listings.
Key idea: Delta Dawn breeder
Panama-focused US breeder — dressleri Río Guanche (RG) ecotype, Lago Gatun pap (Green Genie), canal pap crosses (FSRL), and headline dark hybrids Curandero, Hechicera, Black Magic. Hobby shorthand JV. Verify provenance on resale; not mass-market tissue-culture lines.
Key idea: RG dressleri + dark JV hybrids
Broad, open gap between posterior lobes — a dramatic basal indentation distinct from the open but moderate sinus of Canal papillilaminum. Hallmark of clarinervium-type hybrids and some bullate species. Photos often use juvenile leaves — verify on mature foliage.
Key idea: open lobe gap
Tight basal gap with rounder posterior lobes — less elongated than sagittate Canal forms. Classic in Lago Gatun (LG) papillilaminum ecotypes. Contrast to Canal sagittate clones on the same species card.
Key idea: tight LG gap
Basal gap nearly straight across with minimal indentation — open but not deep. Intermediate between sagittate Canal pap and tight narrow-sinus LG forms; common in type-locality Lago Gatun selections.
Key idea: barely a notch
Posterior lobes touch or partially cover one another — intermediate between open wide sinus and fully fused. Common in dark hybrids where breeders are pulling toward round form without a true fused sinus.
Key idea: lobes touching
Posterior lobes overlap and close completely — round, coin-like silhouette. Reference trait in peltate forgetii and Red Spider EPP selections. Heavily debated in sale photos; always check mature leaves.
Key idea: coin-round closed
Blistered, pebbled leaf surface — quilted texture distinct from corrugated rippling. Reference in luxurians and gothic dark hybrids like Black Magic (luxurians × dressleri RG).
Key idea: pebbled quilted texture
Petiole attaches beneath the blade rather than within a basal sinus — the structural basis of forgetii's round shield form. Often co-occurs with fused sinus but describes attachment, not lobe overlap alone.
Key idea: petiole under the leaf
Heart-shaped blade with a basal sinus and petiole inserted within the notch — no dramatic posterior lobes. Backbone shape for crystallinum-type collectors: crystallinum, clarinervium, magnificum, carlablackiae.
Key idea: heart with a notch
Arrowhead-like blade with pronounced posterior lobes spreading outward — distinct from cordate heart forms. Classic in dressleri and many dark Panama species with strong lobe definition.
Key idea: spread arrow lobes
Triangular blade tapering to posterior lobes — elongated arrow or dagger silhouette in collector shorthand. The defining Canal papillilaminum outline; also seen in mature veitchii as lobes develop.
Key idea: dagger / arrow outline
Long, narrow blade tapering to a point — minimal lobe development. Queen anthurium warocqueanum is the reference: elongated dark velvet leaves measured in feet, not inches.
Key idea: long narrow taper
Nearly round leaf outline — often paired with fused sinus but describes the whole blade, not just the basal gap. Forgetii round form is the species reference; breeders select for orbicular silhouettes in hybrid programs.
Key idea: round blade
Long, narrow strap-shaped blade — structural morphology behind the strap-leaf characteristic. vittarifolium, wendlingeri, pallidiflorum hang pendant with linear blades along the full leaf length.
Key idea: full strap length
How hobby tags name clones, crosses, breeding lines, and morphology — so you can read a listing without guessing what the seller means.
Example: Fort Sherman = Characteristics: dark + velvet · Species: papillilaminum · Morphology: sagittate. King of Spades = Breeding line: Haji Ulih · Named hybrid: King of Spades · dark + velvet · overlapping sinus.
Characteristics stack · other axes = one each
Plants from or traced to Rory Antolak's numbered wild clones — RA1, RA2, RA3, etc. Applies heavily to papillilaminum, dressleri, portillae, and other species lines.
Anthurium papillilaminum RA3
OG = Scott Cohen carlablackiae clones (OG1, OG2…). RA = Rory Antolak numbered wild lines. Wu = Wu Hoo Tropicals. District = named US hobby clone. Cross tags need both parents.
carla OG2 · RA7 · crystallinum ×
carlablackiae
Seed parent listed first, pollen parent second. An × between them. Nested parentheses for multi-generation crosses.
(crystallinum × carlablackiae) × dressleri
Fort Sherman — a long-circulated wild papillilaminum clone from the Panama Canal zone. "OG" signals early-collection lineage, not a clone number.
papillilaminum FS OG
"Unnumbered" means a specific wild clone that predates or sits outside the RA catalog — not every plant missing a number on its tag. Most unlabeled plants are open-pollinated seedlings.
Verify before claiming unnumbered
Named hybrid = market name for a specific cross (King of Spades, RVDP, Wonderboy). Other hybrid = parentage only — seed parent × pollen parent — when there’s no cultivar name (crystallinum × carlablackiae, pap × forgetii). Breeder / breeding line = who or which program (Haji Ulih, NSE Red Crystallinum, Scott Cohen OG).
Named hybrid: King of Spades · Other hybrid:
crystallinum × carlablackiae
Sinus: wide · narrow · overlapping · fused. Blade: cordate · hastate · sagittate · lanceolate · orbicular · linear. One tag per plant — pick the most distinctive structural trait.
Fort Sherman = sagittate · forgetii = fused
sinus · warocqueanum = lanceolate
Red Crystallinum is the trade shorthand for red-emergent crystallinum-type plants — a look, not one breeder. NSE Red Crystallinum is Enid Offolter's named program within that type. Breeding line = who made it; characteristics = what it looks like — and those can stack.
Wonderboy → Red Crystallinum · NSE Red Crystal · Tezula · Block
Multi-generation programs: Tim Anderson — Wonderboy, NSE Red Crystallinum, Dr. Jeffrey Block, Tezula, Silver Krome Gardens, Jay Vannini (RG dressleri, Green Genie pap, Curandero, Black Magic). NSE Tropicals (Obsidian dressleri, portillae Dorito) and NSE Red Crystallinum (red-emergent line) are separate breeding-line tags. Scott Cohen (OG carla, SC pap clones) and Scott Cohen — Wonderboy (A/B/Pink lines) are separate breeding-line tags. Line cultivars (Michelle, NSE Zara) tag under breeding line — not the named-hybrid axis.
NSE Red Crystallinum · Block 'Michelle'
True AoS = Denis Rotolante SKG jungle-seed lineage (Florida). Novelty G AoS = Hawaiian Novelty Greens trade line — darker, often wavy, not the same provenance. QOH and tissue-culture "AoS" listings need separate verification.
SKG AoS · Novelty G AoS · QOH
Indo type (IT) and Black Velvet Indo Type (BVIT) are informal trade labels for Indonesian-bred dark velvets — not a single clone or registered cultivar. Sellers often slap BVIT on any dark seedling; parentage and quality vary wildly.
BVIT ≠ verified hybrid name
aff. = affinis (Latin: related to, akin to). The seller is saying the plant looks like the named species — not that it is confirmed true wild-type or the described species. In the hobby, besseae aff. is the default label: almost every circulated "besseae" cross or selection is besseae-like, not verified A. besseae. Same shorthand on JV lines as sp. nov. aff. (e.g. Rimachii parentage on Curandero / Hechicera).
besseae aff. × forgetii · sp. nov. aff.
nigrolaminum
df = dark form selection (forgetii df, AoS df, Tezula clone). Sp. nov. DF = undescribed species placeholder for Dewey Fisk — completely different plant. Never assume "DF" on a tag means the Ecuadorian sp. nov. line.
forgetii df · sp. nov. DF
Group-specific priorities:
Veiny / Canvas
Tolerate slightly brighter indirect light than velvets. Chunky aroid mix, let dry 1–2" down. Humidity 65%+. Watch for edema on new leaves with inconsistent watering.
Dark Velvet Species
Lower light than you'd expect — velvets burn fast. High humidity (70–85%), excellent drainage, minimal leaf handling. Stable temps; cold drafts cause aborts.
Strap Leaf
Mount or basket with sphagnum + bark. Full leaf length needs airflow. Never let tips sit against dry surfaces. Wendlingeri types love consistent moisture.
Compact Species
Varies by parentage — carlablackiae-heavy crosses want velvet rules; crystallinum-heavy crosses want more light. Label with cross info so you remember which regime applies.
Giant / Rippled
Root-bound stability matters more than frequent upsizing. High humidity (70%+), excellent support for pendant leaves, patience — first leaves after import often abort.
Bird's Nest
Tolerate lower humidity than velvets. Broad leaves collect dust — wipe gently. Center cup can hold water; avoid overfilling to prevent crown rot.
| Term | Means | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda | Carlablackiae clone | Minimal-vein carla cultivar — pollen parent in dressleri RG × Amanda crosses; not the hybrid name |
| AoS | Ace of Spades (named hybrid) | Silver Krome Gardens; RVDP pollen parent — not KOS |
| Black Magic | Black Magic (named hybrid) | Jay Vannini luxurians × dressleri RG; bullate gothic form |
| Blister Variegation | Reflective silver vein pop | Structural air pockets — not chimeric sectoring; clarinervium, Wonderboy Pink, red crystal × pap blister seedlings |
| Bullate | Blistered / pebbled surface | Luxurians, Black Magic direction |
| BVEP | Anthurium antolakii | Black Velvet Eastern Panama; still called BVEP in trade |
| Carla | Anthurium carlablackiae | Hobby shorthand; always ask for cross numbers |
| Cordate | Heart-shaped blade | Crystallinum, clarinervium, magnificum, carlablackiae |
| CP | Circus Peanuts (named hybrid) | Mike Bush Selby ~dressleri × leucostachyum; aka Mike's Goliath; flat sinus |
| Curandero | Curandero (named hybrid) | JV nigrolaminum Rimachii × FS pap; wide sinus flagship |
| Delta Dawn | Amy Donovan | Named cultivar; parentage often undocumented |
| DF | Dark form selection | forgetii df, AoS df — not sp. nov. DF unless explicitly stated |
| District | Named carlablackiae clone | Reduced veining; common in pap × District crosses |
| Doc Block | Dr. Jeffrey Block | Hobby shorthand; Michelle, Zara, Minerva, Tortoiseshell… |
| Dorayaki | Dorayaki (named hybrid) | Round Indonesian crystallinum-type; often × Silver Blush |
| Dorito | NSE portillae selection | Flat-sinus Dorito-shaped port; Mr. Worldwide seed parent |
| DP | Dark Phoenix (named hybrid) | Haji Ulih; ~papillilaminum × dressleri; not RVDP |
| Flat Sinus | Minimal basal indentation | Green Genie LG pap; portillae Dorito; Circus Peanuts; Mr. Worldwide |
| FS | Fort Sherman | OG wild papillilaminum near Panama Canal |
| Fused Sinus | Closed / fully overlapping lobes | Forgetii; Red Spider EPP |
| Goliath | Goliath / Darkest Panama | Indonesian dark velvet trade name; common hybrid pollen parent |
| Green Genie | Jay Vannini LG pap clone | Type-locality papillilaminum; flat sinus reference |
| Hastate | Spreading posterior lobes | Dressleri and lobed dark Panama species |
| Hechicera | Hechicera (named hybrid) | JV Rimachii × dressleri RG; Curandero sibling |
| HU | Haji Ulih (breeder) | Indonesian breeder; released KOS and DP — not a breeding line |
| IT / BVIT | Indo type / Black Velvet Indo Type | Informal trade label — not one clone; common mislabel on dark seedlings |
| KOS | King of Spades (named hybrid) | Haji Ulih; ~crystallinum × magnificum; not Wonderboy-style line |
| Kuna | Carlablackiae — Kuna clone | Early unnumbered RA-era wild clone; not a species name |
| Lanceolate | Long narrow tapering blade | Warocqueanum queen form |
| Leuconeurum | Anthurium leuconeurum | Mexican velvet; crystallinum-adjacent; historic hybrid parent |
| Linear | Strap-shaped blade | Vittarifolium, wendlingeri, pallidiflorum |
| Mr. Worldwide | Mr. Worldwide (named hybrid) | Indo port × NSE Portillae Dorito batch; flat/negative sinus picks |
| Narrow Sinus | Tight basal gap | Lago Gatun papillilaminum; rounder posterior lobes |
| Novelty G AoS | Novelty Greens Ace of Spades | Hawaiian line — not SKG jungle-seed AoS; constant ID thread topic |
| RC / Red Crystallinum | Red-emergent crystallinum-type (trade shorthand) | Generic listing term — not the same as NSE Red Crystal unless named |
| NSE / NSE Red Crystal | Enid Offolter — NSE Red Crystallinum | Named Enid line — not generic red crystallinum |
| Obsidian | NSE dressleri clone | Dark pollen parent in US hybrid programs |
| OG | Original clone | Early carlablackiae / papillilaminum FS lineage |
| OG1, OG2… | Scott Cohen carlablackiae clones | Numbered separately from RA papillilaminum lines |
| Orbicular | Round leaf outline | Forgetii round form; often with fused sinus |
| Overlapping Sinus | Lobes touch / partially cover | Intermediate hybrids; King of Spades · Dark Phoenix selections |
| Pap / Papi | Anthurium papillilaminum | Hobby shorthand; clone ID is everything |
| Peltate | Petiole under the blade | Forgetii round form; structural basis of shield leaves |
| QOH | Queen of Hearts (named hybrid) | SKG tissue-culture cultivar; AoS-adjacent — verify tag |
| RA | Rory Antolak clone line | Numbered wild clones — RA1, RA2… |
| RG | Río Guanche dressleri ecotype | Jay Vannini near-black clone — not Ree Gardens pap |
| RS / EPP | Red Spider (named hybrid) | Eddy Pranoto; ~red crystallinum × forgetii; EPP = Private selection |
| RVDP | Red Vein Dark Phoenix — Thai Exotic | Jeera Jukmongkol; papillilaminum variegata × Ace of Spades |
| Sagittate | Triangular arrow outline | Canal papillilaminum; mature veitchii |
| SC1, SC2, SC3… | Scott Cohen papillilaminum clones | Numbered pap lines — separate from OG carla and RA pap |
| Silver Blush | Silver Blush (named hybrid) | Crystallinum-type cultivar; heavy silver veins; NSE cross parent |
| SKG | Silver Krome Gardens | Hobby shorthand; Rotolante family, Florida |
| SKG Grey / Silver | Silver Krome Gardens lines | William Rotolante selections — grey vs silver emergent color |
| sp. nov. DF | Undescribed species (Dewey Fisk) | Not "dark form" — Ecuadorian velvet placeholder; verify true clone |
| TALL | Tim Anderson Long Leaf | Tall oblong Palm Hammock selection; Wonderboy-adjacent pollen parent |
| Tezula | Tezula | Tezula Plants — red-emergent line |
| Wide Sinus | Open broad lobe gap | Delta Force · Curandero · dark clarinervium crosses |
| Wonderboy | Tim Anderson — Wonderboy | Hobby shorthand; grandfather of NSE Red Crystallinum, Jeffrey Block, Tezula |
| Wu Hoo Tropicals | Wuhoo / Bryan Wu | Houston breeder; Wu1/Wu2 carla, Wu pap, pap × carla Wu |
| Wu1, Wu2… | Wu Hoo Tropicals carlablackiae | Texas-distributed numbered line |