Anthurium [(carlablackiae x antolakii) x "Big Black Block"] x "Jarrett"

[(carlablackiae x antolakii) x "Big Black Block"] x "Jarrett"

The seed parent is a Paul Marcellini cross that I bought as a seedling mostly because "Big Black Block" is fun to say, and it turned out to be a handsome plant besides - blue-green emergents, venation that holds your attention a beat longer than expected. The pollen parent is "Jarrett", named for my brother, who passed away in 2019. Its own lineage is "Justin" x ["Ace of Purps" x (carlablackiae x papillilaminum "RL")], which means the plant carrying my brother's name is descended from a plant carrying mine. Typing that out now, it's a little strange. He'd probably find it funny.

"Jarrett" itself is a nifty plant, deep red sanguine emergents, the kind of thing that if I liked it a little less I'd have saddled with some vampire-adjacent name. It's grown vigorously - a single seed batch as of July 2026, maybe 10 months from seed to pod. This cross puts that vigor and color behind the venation and blue-green emergents from the seed parent side. Early days yet, but I like what's implied.