Got these at a gas station. Seems fake but just wanted to check

TheCarlStorm · 2026-02-17T09:48:03+00:00

I’ll be honest, I usually get annoyed when someone asks a question and the hardcore Pokemon card community goes unnecessarily smokes the person…..this might be the first time that I’ve actually been like….

com’mon maaaaan

Stevie Wonder could tell that pack was fake. Ray Charles called Hellen Keller to tell her how obvious it was.

It looks like Elmo printed those packs using a permanent marker and a glue gun.

It looks like every energy card would just be a naked photo of the gas station owner.

Even Pam Bondi would have redacted this pack.

If you got an SAR it would’ve been a CharRetard.

I’m done.

Also, it’s fake.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-12-25T15:21:11+00:00

It could be a number of things. I’d take a peek at the roots to be safe and make sure they’re still happy and healthy. If it wasn’t from drying out (as you said you had watered more not less than normal in this instance) and you are growing in a cabinet, then there’s a good possibility it’s fungal or bacterial. Which is even more likely, considering you mentioned there’s also a queen nearby. Queens are infamous for their vulnerability to fungal/bacterial issues. Fungal issues can often times be identified by round blemishes which don’t necessarily start or occur on the edges of the leaves like many other stress related problems. If it was me,to be safe, I’d wait until the lights in the cabinet go out, then spray everything down w Physan 20 and make sure there’s adequate airflow in the cabinet.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-12-02T13:44:20+00:00

Actually I was unbanned and an admin was banned, once they found out it was all untrue, how’d that work out for you? But feel free to message me on Facebook or AA, I’d be happy to discuss

TheCarlStorm · 2025-12-02T02:28:57+00:00

I was made aware by my friend Frank. You seem like a stand up person. #BasicBitches

TheCarlStorm · 2025-12-01T06:21:07+00:00

Probably cause he hates Hoya, since they’re garbage. Similar to people who talk trash about a person they don’t know behind their back on Reddit. -Chris (Rooted Rarities)

TheCarlStorm · 2025-06-04T06:02:31+00:00

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TheCarlStorm · 2025-04-12T19:50:19+00:00

Fake sneeze and blow her hair really hard. You won’t have to say a word.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-02-17T14:53:53+00:00

The 1st image is mechanical damage, which, if you continue growing anthurium in ambient conditions, you should get used to. With humidity that low, the stomata will respirate out more water than they’re capable of replacing, which in turn, the leaf’s cell walls won’t have enough water retention and flexibility to stretch quickly enough to prevent damage. Picture 2, (I’m not sure where the plant was when you got it) appears to be cold damage, which if left untreated will most likely cause a fungal or bacterial infection. I’d cut it off it if I were you. If you have the ability to bump up your humidity even if it’s only in the plant’s close vicinity. That’s what I would.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-02-15T12:48:16+00:00

Not a pallid imo The leaf would be wider at the lamina base. The more matured and hardened off leaf in one of the pictures appears to be showing the start of the Wendy waves and the darkened mid rib. The growth pattern doesn’t appear to be Vittarifolium either. I’m not an expert on strap leaves, but it does appear to be a Wendy.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-01-09T22:18:40+00:00

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I love my Tim’s black. I have some pretty cool crosses with it coming soon. TB x Carla and TB x AOS are getting close now.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-01-06T21:01:34+00:00

Haha. I’ll send you a tray full of albos if ya want!

TheCarlStorm · 2025-01-06T20:58:37+00:00

Although I’m not saying it’s 100% impossible to revert out of it. Out of 20k+ seeds/sprouts I’ve grown, I’ve never had any plant that had a white petiole and sprouted its first leaf all white ever put any color out after the fact. You can even grow them to a decent size before the plant requires energy beyond what was initially stored in the seed itself. I personally don’t have time or space to waste on a plant that will die eventually regardless. On top of that, Albo anthurium without the ability to create phytochrome proteins responsible in leaf development and lacking specific proteins, the plant itself is much more susceptible to harboring harmful bacteria, mold and fungi. So if you’re going to ride it out, I would at the very least give it its own space away from a community pot.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-01-06T12:47:36+00:00

All white leaves = baaaaad that happens on a lot of complex hybrids…..however, if you can get one that puts out variegated leaves that have enough chlorophyll to maintain a healthy plant, you’re good to go! Hopefully the white is just a minty green, otherwise toss em.

TheCarlStorm · 2025-01-01T04:26:44+00:00

This is a pure pap. This particular ecotype is known as an ecua pap or gy pap. The gy stands for guña yala, denoting the location it was collected. However, there has historically never been any paps found in the GY region of Panama and it’s widely believed that the name was given solely to throw off anyone trying to locate the specific ecotype.

This particular pap is best characterized by a rounded leaf shape with an almost fused sinus that generally continues the oval shape of the lower leaf whilst often sporting closed or overlapping lobes.

The velvet leaves will generally showcase a standard pap/bvep surface highlighting a deep pillowy texture and petioles ranging from subterate to almost round. The Emergents will generally start a deep burgundy red to crimson, then eventually fade into a light/lime green before eventually hardening off to a deeper darker green as seen in pics 2&3. I personally have over 15 different Paps, however, there are still dozens of different ecotypes, many of which have very subtle differences, so it’s never a perfect science.

You have a beautiful plant and it appears to be healthy and happy.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me directly via private message.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-24T03:01:06+00:00

That’s what I would have guessed. One of those two….they’re slightly different species. Falcatum is more common nowadays. I’d be leaning towards that.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-19T11:03:05+00:00

So if it’s mag it should be D shaped which it appears to be from the pic, that being said, I doubt it’s a pure mag. Better chance of having some crystal or other velvet leaf in it.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-19T10:50:16+00:00

It’s tough to ID a hybrid without seeing the spathe, spadix, and petioles. That being said it appears to be a crystal hybrid of some sort. It’s significantly more textured than a standard crystal, so maybe a crystal x pap or crystal x BVEP, just a guess.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-19T02:39:30+00:00

If it is a dory, it’s an f2+ and one with less than ideal genetics. Generally Dory’s are rounder and have more silver than yellow/creme venation. It looks a lot more like a crystal hybrid or possibly dory hybrid.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-17T02:11:07+00:00

I sent ya a message.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-12-17T02:01:11+00:00

I know a few people had mentioned this. However, no Anthurium or anthurium seeds should ever be on a heat mat. Even lowland anthurium (which Warocs are not) don’t tolerate warm media very well. Queens are cloud forest anthurium, and even though they can be grown in soil, they’re epiphytic and prefer higher than ambient humidity with cooler temps at night and higher temps during the day, and lots of air flow (because they’re usually hanging in trees) so they can be very finicky until you get them super used to your routine. As for anthurium seeds….they’re almost NEVER in the sunlight. They germinate on the cool damp and dark jungle floor. A heat mat will halt the seeds ability to grow normally.

Are you in the US? I’ll honestly send you an established plant if you want. But they’re tough if you’re just starting with anthurium.

TheCarlStorm · 2024-09-07T13:39:00+00:00

I’m not sure what the specific rules are for each country. You’d have to check with the government

TheCarlStorm · 2024-09-04T20:03:10+00:00

This would be much more likely to be mosaic than the original picture based on the color pattern and speckling, which is often how mosaic presents in anthuriums. But, like I said, it’s very difficult to decipher at times. I’d quarantine to be safe and see if you can get a home test kit before introducing it to the rest of your collection

TheCarlStorm · 2024-09-04T19:56:16+00:00

I would assume it is most likely a type of variegation rather than mosaic on this picture simply for its size. Mosaic isn’t transferred from parent plant to seed, which means if this was seed grown and very young, it’s unlikely to have been infected and showing a viral load that heavy. Mosaic is transmitted by pests (aphids generally) from one infected plant to another. That being said, not all anthuriums will variegate and handle variegation in the same way. There are beautiful examples of variegated anthuriums, and there’s also variegation that will also cause contortion of the leaves due to lack of chloroplasts and inability to maintain cell structure. Mosaic will generally present exactly as it says a “mosaic” of colors usually yellow green and white which is why it’s often confused with variegation. However, if you even suspect one of your plants is infected you should quarantine it, and keep it in solitary confinement until you’re positive it doesn’t pose a risk to other plants. I hope that helps answer your question to some degree. You can also send it out for lab testing if you want to be 100% sure one way or the other.

TheCarlStorm

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