Anthurium 'Amazon Joy'

Anthurium 'Amazon Joy' combines forgetii's rounded, near-peltate leaf outline with the extremely dark, near-black colouring of Anthurium nigrolaminum. The blade keeps forgetii's characteristic reduced sinus while taking on a deeper, more saturated tone than forgetii shows on its own, with subtle silvery tracery visible against the near-black surface in good light. It's produced in enough volume across Ecuagenera's branches to have real trade recognition, even though the exact nigrolaminum clone behind any given plant is rarely specified by sellers.

Native range

Trade name used across Ecuagenera's branches for a velvet-leaf hybrid combining Anthurium forgetii with Anthurium nigrolaminum (typically the 'Gigi'/gigante clone). The reciprocal cross is sometimes sold as 'Amazon Beauty'.

Classification

Genus

Anthurium

Family

Araceae

Type

Hybrid

Growth habit

Compact, self-heading rosette

Morphology

Leaf shape

Rounded, near-peltate

Leaf length

22-35 cm

Leaf width

16-26 cm

Petiole colour

Dark green

Venation

Subtle silvery tracery against a near-black blade

Texture

Velvety, semi-bullate

Variegation

N/A

Growth habit

Compact self-heading rosette