Surname: Anthurium magnificum 'Silver', Linden 1865
Synonyms: Anthurium sylvatica, Sander 1908
non Anthurium magnificum, Bull 1865 = Anthurium grande, Bull 1865
etymology: magnificum = great, excellent
Reproduction: Division
Origin: Colombia
Location: The species is considered endemic at altitudes of 800 - 2125 in the Colombian Cordillera, where it grows primarily epiphytically in a warm, humid climate. However, sites have also been reported in Panama, and there are reports that Anthurium magnificum is spreading as an invasive species in southern China.
Remarks: Anthurium magnificum LINDEN was found by Braam, a collector of linden trees, in the Eastern Cordilleras. Linden showed the foliage plant at the exhibition in Amsterdam in 1865, where it attracted great attention:
Our accompanying plate cannot convey the beauty of these excellent plants, for the leaves reach a diameter of 1.5 - 2 feet and the olive-green surface with white markings along the veins has that peculiar, beautiful metallic sheen that no brush can reproduce. (Garden Flora Vol. 15)
Please pay attention to the pictures, you can clearly see how different the leaf coloration can be on one and the same plant at the same time.