Anthurium regale

A species from the wet tropical forests of Peru, where it grows initially in the forest soil, then climbs up trees, attaching itself to their bark by its fleshy aerial roots. The leaves are heart-shaped and dark, velvety green, with contrasting, prominent white veins. In mature specimens the leaves can be 60 to 90cm long and stems can reach up to 1.2m high, given the correct growing conditions in cultivation,. In habitat these can be considerably larger. Flowers are produced on mature plants consisting of a pale green sheath-like spathe surrounding a green spadix of column. These are not, however, especially ornamental and the spectacular foliage is the main asset of this plant