Species · genus Anthurium · Araceae
King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii Mast.
Cultivars of A. veitchii
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under A. veitchii yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Anthurium veitchii is an epiphytic aroid from the forests of Colombia, where it grows anchored to trees in fast-draining conditions with abundant moisture in the air. Pot it in a loose, chunky, airy mix that never stays soggy, and water when the top inch or two has dried out, allowing the roots brief approach to dryness between waterings. As a forest epiphyte it wants bright indirect light and consistently high humidity rather than wet, stagnant roots.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Bright, indirect
≈ every 10 days
High
18–29 °C
Loose, very airy aroid mix — bark, sphagnum, and perlite
Stem cuttings or division of offshoots
Weak balanced feed every two to four weeks while growing
Slow
Rarely flowers indoors; prized for its long pendant leaves
Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Araceae family contains insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which can irritate the mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)
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