VIEJO x crystal
11th creation made by the plants and I here at the Garage Tropics in N.C., but the first attempt at breeding with a long term goal in mind. Normally I select breeding plants with that immediate gratification in mind. These are the first run of what is to be a selected breeding line for introgressant breeding (adding “wild origin” in this case the seed grown (f1) offspring of two wild origin crystallinum, grown from multi-generational stem props by the breeder, back into a hybrid in this case the Viejo Enigma which already contains those same alleles) and eventual line breeding (once seedlings with pronounced examples of the desired traits are produced those can be used to further fine tune the development of my exact vision). The seed parent: Anthurium Viejo Enigma, hybrid cross made JV using Anthurium papillilaminum ‘Ft. Sherman’ x Anthurium crystallinum ex-Antioquia. The pollen parent: (F1) Anthurium crystallinum ex-Antioquia. I’ve grown both parent plants from small 3” pots and believe that we will get some gorgeous hybrids out of this. The long term goal is to isolate and create my own line of select dark chocolate colored velvets with silver skeletal veins, an ease of growth (Viejo trait), and ridiculous emerging leaves.. who knows.. just give me a few years of selective backcrossing and look out Red Crystallinum.
Fresh ungerminated seeds.
Will need moist substrate of tree fern or sphagnum moss, 150-250fc light (nice east window or grow light), to be in a enclosed cloche-clear plastic container with a lid, zip lock bag, or an AC Infinity Humidity Dome Creation Pod with Samsung LEDs and extendable height adjusters.
*use code ARTHURIUM if you go the AC route
Once germinated it will need high humidity and stable conditions for 6mos to get established, this is the most dangerous time and often I feel misrepresented to new hobbyists. Getting seeds to germinate is easy, my kindergartener does it, but keeping them alive to the one year mark is the real test. My best suggestion- germinate in a seed tray to begin with and don’t up pot until you see roots come out of the bottom, those tiny leaves are gonna be insignificant one day so just keep the plant growing and don’t get too concerned with how it looks until it is a year old. Chasing the perfect plant will cause too many changes and just leave you frustrated and the plant maladapted. Stable conditions, to hell with these baby leaves, keep the roots happy, don’t up pot too soon.
Growing from seed takes a lot of patience and success is not guaranteed.
11th creation made by the plants and I here at the Garage Tropics in N.C., but the first attempt at breeding with a long term goal in mind. Normally I select breeding plants with that immediate gratification in mind. These are the first run of what is to be a selected breeding line for introgressant breeding (adding “wild origin” in this case the seed grown (f1) offspring of two wild origin crystallinum, grown from multi-generational stem props by the breeder, back into a hybrid in this case the Viejo Enigma which already contains those same alleles) and eventual line breeding (once seedlings with pronounced examples of the desired traits are produced those can be used to further fine tune the development of my exact vision). The seed parent: Anthurium Viejo Enigma, hybrid cross made JV using Anthurium papillilaminum ‘Ft. Sherman’ x Anthurium crystallinum ex-Antioquia. The pollen parent: (F1) Anthurium crystallinum ex-Antioquia. I’ve grown both parent plants from small 3” pots and believe that we will get some gorgeous hybrids out of this. The long term goal is to isolate and create my own line of select dark chocolate colored velvets with silver skeletal veins, an ease of growth (Viejo trait), and ridiculous emerging leaves.. who knows.. just give me a few years of selective backcrossing and look out Red Crystallinum.
Fresh ungerminated seeds.
Will need moist substrate of tree fern or sphagnum moss, 150-250fc light (nice east window or grow light), to be in a enclosed cloche-clear plastic container with a lid, zip lock bag, or an AC Infinity Humidity Dome Creation Pod with Samsung LEDs and extendable height adjusters.
*use code ARTHURIUM if you go the AC route
Once germinated it will need high humidity and stable conditions for 6mos to get established, this is the most dangerous time and often I feel misrepresented to new hobbyists. Getting seeds to germinate is easy, my kindergartener does it, but keeping them alive to the one year mark is the real test. My best suggestion- germinate in a seed tray to begin with and don’t up pot until you see roots come out of the bottom, those tiny leaves are gonna be insignificant one day so just keep the plant growing and don’t get too concerned with how it looks until it is a year old. Chasing the perfect plant will cause too many changes and just leave you frustrated and the plant maladapted. Stable conditions, to hell with these baby leaves, keep the roots happy, don’t up pot too soon.
Growing from seed takes a lot of patience and success is not guaranteed.
