Easy To Grow Houseplants – Anthurium

Anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) are  also known as Flamingo Flower. They have showy flowers that give bright colour for eight weeks or more each year. The flowers are typically red, but you can find hybrids in shades of pink, lavender, white and even green. Anthurium flower blossoms make superb cut flowers because they last a long time.

Tips:

• Anthurium will grow in a small or large container or in a garden bed with soil and good drainage.
• Anthurium are native to tropical rainforests throughout Central and South America.
• Many anthuriums are climbers and all need very high humidity and warmth to thrive.
• They prefer bright, indirect light. Do not expose to direct sunlight.
• Keep soil moist at all times but drain for extra water.
• Anthurium like warmer temperatures of between 65ºF and 90ºF. They suffer below 60ºF.
• Divide by separating roots or take cuttings from the tip or stem.

Note that the pretty, heart-shape leaves contain toxic sap, so make sure pets and children do not eat them.

Size: To 2 – 3 feet high and 2 feet wide

Growing conditions: Medium to bright light with no direct sun; 65 – 80°F; evenly moist soil (barely moist in fall and winter)