{"product_id":"anthurium-crystallinum","title":"Anthurium crystallinum","description":"This spectacular, medium-sized \u003cem\u003eanthurium\u003c\/em\u003e originates from the far south of Panama and northern and central Colombia. There, it grows only in mountainous regions at altitudes of 300 to 1300 meters, and surprisingly, mostly lithopytic on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/11994594\/original.jpeg\"\u003ecliffs\u003c\/a\u003e and in the crevices of larger \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/12774479\/original.jpeg\"\u003erocks\u003c\/a\u003e where leaves and detritus from trees accumulate. It sometimes grows terrestrially, but is rarely found as an epiphyte.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe stem is short, compact, and upright. The leaves are borne on round petioles up to 70 cm long and can grow \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/colplanta.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84713-1\/images\"\u003eto over 50 cm in length\u003c\/a\u003e and about 40 cm in width. As a houseplant, \u003cem\u003e*A. crystallinum*\u003c\/em\u003e usually remains smaller, reaching \"only\" about 30 cm in size, which is still significantly larger than the similar \u003cem\u003e*Anthurium clarinervium\u003c\/em\u003e *. The upper surface is matte and velvety, and the leaves can have a very dark, almost black, base color when growing in low light; otherwise, they are lighter. The contrasting white, glittering veins are particularly striking. The leaves of \u003cem\u003e*A. crystallinum*\u003c\/em\u003e are never peltate. Young leaves are initially red, then orange, and only darken some time after they have reached their full size. As mentioned, the petioles are round or have only slight ridges. This characteristic allows \u003cem\u003e*A. crystallinum*\u003c\/em\u003e to be easily distinguished from \u003cem\u003e*A. magnificum*\u003c\/em\u003e and various \u003cem\u003e*A. crystallinum*\u003c\/em\u003e hybrids.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. crystallinum,\u003c\/em\u003e along with \u003cem\u003eA. clarinervium\u003c\/em\u003e , is one of the few velvet-leaved anthuriums which, with a little experience, is also well suited as a houseplant and does not necessarily have to be kept in a plant display case.","brand":"Jungle Leaves","offers":[{"title":"small","offer_id":56319066866041,"sku":"Anth004-S","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"large","offer_id":56319066898809,"sku":"Anth004-L","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/8389\/6953\/files\/Anthurium-crysallinum-04.jpg?v=1764911791","url":"https:\/\/www.jungle-leaves.de\/en\/products\/anthurium-crystallinum","provider":"Jungle Leaves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}