Anthurium (pap x port) Variegated x Fort Sherman

Anthurium (Papillilaminum × Portillea) Variegated × Fort Sherman is a seed grown offering from a heavily variegated Indonesian mother plant, sourced directly from our supplier in Indonesia. The last image shows that variegated seed parent, along with the inflorescence this seedling came from.

'Fort Sherman' refers to a legendary clone of Anthurium papillilaminum, collected by Jay Vannini in the 1980s near the former US Army base of the same name along the northern end of the Panama Canal in Colón Province. It's prized in cultivation for its elongated, ultra velvety black leaves with golden to reddish veins. On the seed side, that Canal ecotype pedigree is paired with a variegated papillilaminum × portillea mother, whose own foliage carries strong sectoral variegation.

This particular seedling doesn't currently show signs of variegation itself. Chimeral variegation isn't reliably inherited and often skips individual seedlings even from a heavily variegated parent, but it carries the genetics to potentially express it as the plant matures, or to pass it on in future breeding.

This auction is for a grower's choice seedling. As seedlings grow quickly, we always select the largest one available at the time of shipping. If you have any questions, just reach out!