Anthurium 'Black Mamba'

Black Mamba is a velvet-leaf Anthurium hybrid known for heavily bubbled, deeply textured leaves in an extremely dark, near-black green that catches light unevenly across the raised bullate surface. The combination of thick, muscular texture with such dark coloring gives it real visual weight compared to lighter-leaved velvet hybrids. As with many trade-named velvet Anthurium crosses, exact parentage is often cited informally by sellers but isn't always independently documented. Treat lineage claims with some caution until a firm source is available.

Native range

Trade name for a velvet-leaf Anthurium hybrid, commonly cited as luxurians x papillilaminum parentage; this specific cross has not been independently confirmed against a named breeder source, so no formal parentage link is shown here.

Classification

Genus

Anthurium

Family

Araceae

Type

Hybrid

Growth habit

Compact rosette

Morphology

Leaf shape

CordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches., bullate

Leaf length

20-30 cm

Leaf width

16-24 cm

Petiole colour

Dark green

Venation

Subtle against the dark, heavily textured surface

Texture

Heavily bubbled, thick velvet

Variegation

N/A

Growth habit

Compact rosette