Anthurium besseae 'Variegata'

Morphology

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Anthurium besseae 'Variegata' is a striking variegated sport of the Bolivian species Anthurium besseae, prized for the irregular cream-yellow sectorial patches that break across its otherwise dark, velvety cordate leaves. The blotching follows the leaf's venation loosely rather than any fixed pattern, so no two leaves display quite the same balance of green and cream. Because the species itself was already a scarce, compact velvet anthurium from a restricted Bolivian locality, a stable variegated line is exceptionally hard to come by, and plants change hands for a considerable premium over the straight species. It retains the same compact, self-heading growth habit as the type, making it a manageable size for a plant of this rarity.