So this is the first tray of Anthurium seedlings from my Mad Scientist experiment that are ready to separate and grow out. They have been potted into separate pots.


Now I have too look and choose those that look most promising of displaying characteristics that look different. Of course, I will grow ALL of these out, those I end up not wanting to keep for whatever reason, I will trade away or give to friends.

For now I have chosen 5 plants that I think are promising. Mainly because they have produced one or more leaves that look different from the Ovule parent (the plant I chose to hand pollinate and have make the seeds, in this case, Anthurium schlechtendalii, a huge growing bird nest type. It is always in bloom. Leaves on this mama are 4 ft)


These are the 5 I chose first for group one, because they have a few weird leaves. Some are randomly fenestrated (have natural holes in the middle of the leaf). A few have 'fish hook' or other oddly shaped leaves.














The pollen parents (plants that donated pollen) are 3 palmate Anthurium:
Clavigerum


Pedatoradiatum

And podophyllum



So now its sit back and wait time!

That is so cool! I wish when I was younger that I'd had the patience to be a mad scientist!

I have this big beautiful purple spadix on Anthurium cupulispathum that should be making pollen soon.....bwa ha ha! I'd love to try to cross it with something cool

Hi Gina & Ladylin, I just start my Anthurium seedling and I found one individual make me little worry, it grow completely white. What should I do?

I've seen other folks say that. I have never had a white one. Most people just let it grow, to see if it stays all white, which of course if it does, it will die most likely

So I am in the middle of a huge new seedling crop. Currently I have A. besseae x magnificum seedlings, A. forgettii seedlings, A. 'Mehani' seedlings (A. magnificum x (radicals x luxurians) x crystallinum), A. vittariifolium seedlings, Thaumatophyllum stenolobum seedlings (wide form), A. clarinervium x faustomirandae seedlings, and now some A. magnificum seedlings just germinated.

I have berries coming on A. pedatoradiatum, A. 'Mehani', A. forgetti, and A. magnificum and A. clarinervium x faustomirandae. The forgetti and mag may be crosses with any of these: warocqueanum, papillilaminum, or Ace of Spades. Exciting times coming up.

I will be offering pedatoradiatum and clarivervium x faustomirandae berries for sale in the classifieds and seeds forums later if anyone is interested in trying their hand.