I was inspecting my anthurium wendlingeri and I noticed this formation on the backside of the newest leaf. Anyone know what this is? Could it be a genetic mutation? Im not too concerned about it affecting the health of the plant(it has been growing like crazy), I'm just really curious about what it is.
by TylarT01
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The 12yo in me wants to reply but I leave it to actual 12 year olds 🤣
Somatic mutation, I don’t know that I would call it full leaf bifurcation but the fact the second ‘leaf’ seems to come out of the sinus of the first leaf does point to that. Can be induced by stress from watering or light, or sometimes completely randomly. If it persists on to future leaves that would certainly be cool, but I’d assume it’s a one off and appreciate it as such 🙂
This looks similar to what happens on the champs elysees pothos leaves