I used to remember when clarinerviums and and crystallinums were hot in the streets. But these days I’m seeing “Doc Block, King of Spades, Ace of Spades, papillilaminum, blue papillilaminum, blue papillilaminum x self, carlablackiae”, etc. going for upwards of $300! And they all look the same. And I’ve seen debates over whether a Monstera crème brûlée is its own cultivar or it’s just a Thai Con calling itself “cRèMe BrÛlEe” for the bigger price tag. My response to which, if you care to ask; at least it’s variegated, bc these designer Anthuriums have no business being as expensive as they are for not even being variegated to be quite honest.
by NYMankeys
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Who are you, my husband 🤣
I mean I can KINDA see the differences, but they are so minimal that they are basically the same.
I kinda feel the same with certain hoyas 🫣
1000%
Lol are you trying to gatekeep a market? The anthurium market is something else, with prominent breeders doing a lot of the heavy work, breeding and culling 100s of seedlings. From seed to mature plant is a couple of years or less. Combine that with the huge phenotypic variation of anthuriums and you have the potential for designer anthuriums that are certainly worth the price if you know your tastes and what you’re looking for. A similar market would be terrarium begonias but the fact that they can form seed in months means that this market is justifiably cheaper but not far off from designer anthuriums
I’m with you! And I’ve seen some anthuriums in the $30-50 range that look just like ones that go for $100+.
I can’t judge too hard, I get the urge to buy them especially if you’re someone that cares about the tiny differences, but with that price, man am I glad I’m not into anthuriums 😂
I also don’t want to buy your ((AoS x Dorito) x Portillae) x Black Widow) x (NoID x Wonderboy3000) seedling for $80
I am so here for this discourse. If your anthurium hybrid is more than one x one, it’s a NOID. The monstera cultivars are all out of control. And many of the Hoyas are also very similar, but Hoyas are on thin ice cuz I think they usually have individual species too.
I was telling my wife that the market is oversaturated with anthurium hybrids. It looks like the cannabis market now. Absolutely flooded with so many names that it’s hard to keep track of, all basically the same with not much standing out, everybody trying to cash in thinking that they have something special when it’s all basically the same. It’s gotten silly but whatever. Plant nerds gonna do what plant nerds do I guess.
Hot take: variegation looks like ass
Tradescantia and Pothos cuttings? Groundbreaking.
I collect anthuriums and agree. The market has exploded in such an annoying way.
I only want pure species and simple hybrids atp.
I dont have much experience with anthurium, but i can say that sometimes a camera can’t capture subtle differences that well anyway, even in videos. When I place orders for my imports, all I have to go on is photos, and I’m almost always surprised which ones end up being my favorites. When I do live streams, I’m always surprised how dull some of my plants look on screen as well.
If you’re not currently collecting that type of plant, your eye may not be trained to pick up on smaller details. It’s a hobby with a ton of niche categories. Even if a certain group of plants (anthurium in this case) isn’t your cup of tea, I think there is tons of potential for you to discover new unexpected interests. In my opinion, you can get a lot more out of the plant hobby if you keep an open mind. When I started collecting, I was really into tropicals from Asia and ended up falling in love with African plants.
To me it’s the Scindapsus plants. I don’t get it, they all look the same to me, just with stupider names.