Origin
Brazil
Light
Bright indirect
Watering
Weekly
Care
Expert
Flowering
Foliage
Anthurium Warocqueanum
With enormous dark-green velvet leaves veined in silver, the Anthurium Warocqueanum earns its nickname of Queen — no other houseplant carries this kind of majesty.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
South America
Light
Bright indirect
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Expert
Colombia's velvet queen
Native to the cloud forests of Colombia, Anthurium Warocqueanum unfurls leaves that can exceed a metre in length, deep velvety green crossed by luminous silver veins.
Demanding in humidity and slow to settle, it rewards patient growers with a sculptural presence collectors regard as the pinnacle of the genus.
"The Queen Anthurium does not decorate a room — it rules it."
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Styling Tip 01
Filtered light
Recreate cloud-forest shade: bright but always filtered light, never a direct ray on the velvet.
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Styling Tip 02
Greenhouse humidity
It needs over 70% humidity; in dry air the leaf edges brown irreversibly.
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Styling Tip 03
Very airy mix
Grow it in a coarse bark and perlite mix — its epiphytic roots need air as much as water.
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Origin
Australia
Light
Full sun to partial shade
Watering
Weekly
Care
Moderate
Flowering
Foliage