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Anthurium 'Amazon Joy'

Amazon Joy Anthurium

LightMedium
LightLow to medium indirect light
HumidityTerrarium
HumidityHigh humidity (75-90%)
TemperatureWarm
Temperature18-27°C
SizeSmall
SizeSmall to Medium (22-35 cm)
Growth RateMedium
Growth RateSlow to Moderate
DifficultyIntermediate to Advanced
DifficultyIntermediate to Advanced
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HybridTrade 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'.

7cm Target Price

£21.00

EstimatedFewer than 3 recorded sales. The figure comes from retail stock or the genus price tier, so treat it as a rough guide.

Target Price Guide

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7cm Target Price

Base

£21.00

EstimatedFewer than 3 recorded sales. The figure comes from retail stock or the genus price tier, so treat it as a rough guide.

Based on online retail prices, adjusted for private sales

About this target price: The figure above is the current market rate for an established 7cm whole pot specimen. Other sizes show their own recorded sale price where enough recent sales exist, or an estimate calculated proportionally from this one otherwise.
0Sold Matches

Based on current UK retail stock — no UK sold listings in the last 90 days.

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Retail Price?The average price across tracked UK retailers (nurseries and specialty stores).
Not tracked
Not currently stocked by tracked UK retailers

How prices are calculated: The target price uses online sold listings converted to GBP at current exchange rates, excluding extreme outliers to ensure a fair-value guide. Falls back to UK retail average when auction data is unavailable.

Anthurium 'Amazon Joy' Morphology

leaf ShapeRounded, near-peltate
leaf Length22-35 cm
leaf Width16-26 cm
petiole ColorDark green
venationSubtle silvery tracery against a near-black blade
textureVelvety, semi-bullate
variegationN/A
growth HabitCompact self-heading rosette

About 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.

Market Hub

Anthurium 'Amazon Joy' Sold Prices & Live Market

What the Target Price above is based on: eBay sold prices by plant size, live listings, and retailer stock.

No eBay sales recorded yet. Sold listings are collected as they appear on eBay.

Before You Buy

Species-specific things to check when evaluating a listing

  • Ask whether the nigrolaminum parent is the premium 'Gigi'/gigante clone or an unspecified individual; sellers rarely state this, and it affects value
  • Check listing photos in good light for the subtle silvery tracery against the near-black blade; poor lighting can hide this entirely
  • Confirm the leaf outline is rounded and near-peltate with a reduced sinus, not a narrower shape suggesting a different velvet-leaf cross
  • Given the Intermediate to Advanced difficulty and 75-90% humidity requirement, confirm you can sustain that environment before buying

Lineage

Anthurium 'Amazon Joy' Parentage

A horticultural cross — priced, illustrated and tracked independently of either parent.

Field Reference

In the Wild

Field Notes
18 July 2026

A Cross I Can Now Fully Trace

Amazon Joy turns up across several of Ecuagenera's regional branches with real consistency, which is more trade validation than most named velvet hybrids get. The nigrolaminum side of this cross usually arrives as the 'Gigi'/gigante clone rather than an unselected plain-species plant, but that's a premium individual selection of the species, not a separate taxon (the same treatment given to Anthurium forgetii 'Silver' elsewhere on this site). Treat the parentage below as accurate at the species level, even where the seller doesn't specify which clone.

Written at AroidAtlas research station— Aroid Atlas