Velvet cardboard anthurium
Anthurium clarinervium
Also called Clarinervium and Velvet anthurium
Houseplant · FloweringGrown for the white veining, not flowers. Wants a chunky, airy mix far more than a rich one.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Very hard
- Water
- Every 8 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 45 days
- Humidity
- Very high
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 0.5 m tall · 0.6 m across
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Origin
- Southern Mexico
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsToxic to pets
Affects dogs, cats, horses. Signs: an irritated, painful and swollen mouth, tongue and lips, heavy drooling, vomiting (not in horses) and trouble swallowing.
PeopleIrritates skin
HandlingTake care handling it
The sap carries needle-shaped oxalate crystals that sting the mouth and irritate skin.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-07-31.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- Silvery scarring along the velvet between the veins, with black specks of frass sitting in it.Thrips · pest
- New leaves come up smaller than the last three in a row, before anything at all shows on the old ones.Root rot · disease