Hi everyone. I'm just getting into the more exotic anthuriums and bought this Clarinervium seedling to see if it works with my growing conditions. I know these plants can be hybridised easily with other anthuriums but I bought it from a reputable dealer so it should be reasonably true to type. My question is.....is it normal for them to crawl in their growth habit? All the other ones I've seen have been upright. It's been getting natural bright light on my frosted bathroom window until this cold snap so she's in my grow tent now. Humidity has been reasonably constant at 60-70%. Thanks for any help. 🙏

Actually clarinervium does not hybridizeceasily with other anthuriums. It only has a few others it crosses readily with. But yes, many anthuriums in the seedling stage will lean like this

Thanks Gina. Here's hoping it decides to straighten up and thanks for the info on their hybrids. 😊

For many years Anthurium clarinervium was believed to be a member of the section Cardiolonchium which also contains plants like regale and crystallinum (the heart shaped, velvet anthuriums). But it has been reassigned to the section Andiphyllum. It will hybridize easily only with Cardiolinchiums that grow in the same locale as it does, in Mexico around Chiapas, and in Central America, but it won't hybridize with the same species that grow in other area in South America.
It has been shown to very readily hybridize with Anthurium pedatoradiatum and Anthurium faistomirandae and has been crossed with a hybrid called Pterodactyl, but most commonly, Clarinervium self pollinates.

I hybridize and grow hundreds of Anthurium seedlings, and this sideways rooting behavior is extremely common in many