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Anthurium 'King of Spades'
King of Spades Anthurium
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Anthurium 'King of Spades' Morphology
About Anthurium 'King of Spades'
Anthurium 'King of Spades' is a velvet-leaf hybrid bred to combine the broad, spade-shaped blade of its rosette-forming parentage with a deep, matte velvet finish. New leaves emerge with a bronze-red flush before settling into a near-black green, set off by pale, sunken primary veins that contrast sharply against the dark surface. Its upright, self-heading habit and manageable size have made it a popular hybrid for collectors who want the presence of a large velvet species like warocqueanum without quite the same footprint or humidity demands.
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Before You Buy
Species-specific things to check when evaluating a listing
- Ask for a photo of a newly emerging leaf: new growth should show a bronze-red flush before settling to near-black green; a plant that skips straight to dark green may not be genuine to type
- Check that pale, sunken primary veins are visible and sharply contrasted against the dark blade, since this is the plant's most distinctive feature
- Confirm the leaf shows a broad, spade-shaped outline rather than a narrower cordate shape, which would suggest a different velvet hybrid sold under a similar name
- Note that specific parentage isn't stated for this hybrid beyond 'velvet-leaf Anthurium' stock; don't pay a premium based on an unverified parentage claim a seller may add
- Given the Advanced difficulty and 65-80% humidity requirement, confirm your setup can sustain those conditions
A Compact Stand-In for Warocqueanum
King of Spades doesn't come with a documented cross the way some of the named velvet hybrids on this site do: the parentage here is described only as velvet-leaf Anthurium stock, without named species. What's consistent across listings is the leaf itself: broad and spade-shaped, opening in a bronze-red flush before settling into near-black green, with pale, sunken veins that contrast cleanly against the dark surface. Its appeal is mostly about scale: it gives a warocqueanum-like presence at a size and humidity demand that's more manageable than a mature warocqueanum itself, without claiming to share its lineage.
