Product information "Anthurium cirinoi 'Velvet'"
Name: | Anthurium cirinoi 'Velvet', Croat 2010 |
Synonyms: | unknown |
Etymology: | cirinoi = Rick Cirino, successful cultivator of aroid plants in Costa Mesa, Ca., U.S.A. |
Origin: | Colombia |
Habitat: | Chocó, east of San José Palmar, less than 1000 m |
Notes: | The species was found in 1988 on a collecting trip with Tom Croat, the description was made years later when Tom Croat received a plant from the aroid grower of Rick Cirino. The valid publication of the description was 22 years after the discovery of the plant in the German journal 'Willdenowia-Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem'. |