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Everything on this page came off my benches in Columbus, GA. I grew it, I photographed it, and I'll be the one packing your box. Most plants $20-50, because the price tag shouldn't be the barrier.
I like to pollinate things. Some people call me the Bean Lord, for the resulting abundance of berries and seeds. I can't grow them all, and I'd rather not ship stickers that end up in the trash, so orders go out with some free seeds as a thanks. Grow them, use them as bird feed, try to make Anthurium popcorn. Your choice. They're your problem once they land.
Seeds are easy once you get the hang of it. Here is exactly how I do it, start to finish.
Every seed I ship is already cleaned, but give them a quick once-over before you sow to make sure no stray pulp or endosperm is still clinging on. Those leftover sugars invite mold, and mold will kill a germinating seed. Thirty seconds of checking saves the whole batch.
The setup is simple. Lay the seeds on top of a bed of moist sphagnum moss in a cup. Put the cup into a closed clear bin to hold humidity, then set the bin somewhere warm and bright. A greenhouse is ideal. So is any spot where you can keep humidity high.
Humidity is the whole game. Each seed already carries the starches it needs to germinate and push out a leaf or two on its own, no fertilizer required and often not even much light. What it can't do is any of that in dry air. Keep the environment saturated and the seed does the rest.
Then you wait. Give it about a month and leave it alone. I burp my containers every couple of weeks to swap the air, but it isn't strictly necessary. Constant moisture is the only thing they truly need.
Label your cups when you sow. Most Anthurium sprouts look nearly identical, and once they're up you'll have no way to tell one cross from another. Do it at the start or you'll regret it.
I pot them up as young as a single hardened leaf, though I usually wait longer. They go straight into the same substrate everything else gets: orchid bark fines, tree fern fiber, pumice, and perlite. No special treatment.
And there's no rush. Seedlings will happily live in moss inside the humidity enclosure for months. Sometimes I can't get to a cup in time and the seeds grow into full seedlings before I do. They sort themselves out. Give them plenty of humidity and let them run.
grower's choice
I select something healthy, interesting, and worth growing. No specific plant guaranteed, but I stand behind every selection. Afterpay and Klarna available at checkout.
individual listings
Every listing is one specific plant, photographed as-is. When it sells, it's gone from this page. Click any plant for more photos and its parentage.
Anthurium is a large genus. Over a thousand species are known, and likely as many are still undescribed. Many cross-pollinate readily, so growers hybridize them, and the result carries its parentage in its name. A few marks decode most of it:
A caution: not everyone applies these marks correctly, or at all. Single and double quotes get swapped, and a name in quotes is not proof of anything on its own. The source of truth for registered cultivars is the Aroid Cultivar Registry. If it is not there, it is not a registered cultivar, whatever the tag says.
That is the whole cipher, and you do not need it. Buy the plant that catches your eye. The name is provenance for understanding lineage, not a guarantee of which traits pass on. Parent plants are linked to inform and suggest possible traits; the plant itself will reveal what carried through in time.
More on how aroid names work →That one found a home. Everything below is still looking.
Nothing is listed here right now. New plants land on this page between live sales. In the meantime, the current inventory is on PalmStreet, and the grower's choice packs above are usually available.
how this works
I ship Monday or Tuesday so your box never sits in a carrier depot over a weekend. Order any day; it leaves on the next ship day.
When it's cold along the route, I ship 2-day air or overnight with a heat pack and insulation. I'd rather hold a box a few days than ship into weather that could hurt the plant.
Live arrival is guaranteed on 2-day air and overnight. If your plant arrives damaged, message me within 48 hours with photos and I'll make it right.
Grower's choice means I select the plant. No returns or exchanges on selection; the healthy-arrival guarantee still applies in full.
Every order I ship goes out with free seeds, and has for about 2000 boxes running. It's a thank-you, not a line item, so treat it as a nicety rather than a guarantee. But the streak is the streak.
Most of my inventory moves through live sales on PalmStreet. Follow @JustinGurski there for schedules and first pick.
Something specific in mind, or a question before you order? Send me a message and I'll get back to you.
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