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Tulip Anthurium
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Tulip Anthurium
P Introduced Photo: Gary Thingnam
Common name: Tulip Anthurium, Gossip spurflower, Purple peeled banana anthurium
Botanical name: Anthurium amnicola    Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Anthurium lilacinum (illeg.)

Tulip Anthurium is an interesting kind of anthurium because of the distinctive shape of their flowers. Instead of being heart shaped like most other anthuriums, they are tulip shaped. They have light purple petals and dark purple noses. The plants produce small, dark-green, spade shaped leaves and small flowers with short stems that generally top out at twelve inches long. Tulip Anthurium is native to Panama, cultivated worldwide.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in cultivation in Imphal, Manipur.

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