Anthurium Plant Care
Common Name: Flamingo Flower, Lady Jane, Cotton Candy
Scientific Name: Anthurium Species
Lighting: Moderate to Bright
Watering: Low to Moderate
There are many popular Anthurium plants that make great additions to your houseplant collection. The Anthurium is characterized by its shiny dark foliage with its heart shaped flowers available in reds, whites and pink variations. Most species will bloom year round adding extra beauty to your home. If the plant stops blooming for a long period of time, place it in a cool spot for about 5 weeks or try feeding it a blooming plant food.
The Anthurium prefers bright light, so try to place the plant between 5 and 8 feet from a window. This houseplant requires low to medium amounts of water. Let the soil dry out inbetween wataerings, but most importantly, the Anthurium requires proper drainage. Be sure your pot has drainage holes. You can also help the plant by putting 1 to 2 inches of pebble stone in the bottom of the pot. The Anthurium requires a slightly higher level of humidity so misting weekly will help the plant look and feel a lot better.
One common problem with Anthurium plants is that they usually come with gnats. By keeping the plants soil clean from dead foliage and not allowing water to sit in the drain tray. You may also try spraying with a soapy water mixure.
This houseplant is one of many poisonous houseplants. Please keep away from pets and children.
Overall, the Anthurium is a very simple houseplant to care for. It does not require a lot of care, yet adds a beautiful touch to your home.
Labels: Flowering Houseplants, poisonous houseplants
posted by drayas @ 9:06 PM
19 Comments:
Hi. When I first got my anthurium it had large leaves and 4 beautiful pink flowers. The office I was located in was rather cold and I noticed that the tag said that it didn't like to be in temps below 75 degrees. After a few days I saw that it had some type of milipede type creatures in the soil, big and small. I was kind of concerned and decided to get rid of the soil and bugs and replant it. I used lukewarm water to "gently" wash the dirt and bugs out of the roots (because I was told that it would go into culture shock with cold water) and used MG potting soil with the 3 month fertilizer in it and put it in a large pot (not knowing that anthuriums like to be root bound) and put it close to the window where I thought it would be warmer because 3 flowers had died. I think I tortured my plant because when I went back to my real office (which I don't like to keep that air conditioner on alot) the edges of the leaves started turning brown and that last flower started to die. After reading that they liked to be root bound I figured I could take it home and love it, put it in a smaller pot maybe fertilize it a little bit and hopefully it would come back. the leaves then started to dry out from the center of the leaves looking like they were burning inside out. I broke those leaves off because I found out that you shouldn't cut them, but break them to keep them from going into shock. I know it's not watering because I water once a week or at least when I feel that the soil is dry. What I want to know is if there is ANY hope for my plant to become beautiful again? I still have a few...ok, don't laugh, maybe 3-4 big green leaves left on it, the tips were browning a little, and I have it far away from the window where it won't get direct sunlight. What else can I do to bring it back? Any help you could give me would be GREATLY appreciated.
Please help! I have repotted my anthurium into a smaller pot with a drainage hole in it. I am using MG potting soil (I just know the fertilizer in it is past 3 months), I am using a mixture of water and epsom salt and spraying it front and back of the leaves (oh it really liked that :-)), watering it once a week and it's out of the direct sunlight and in a warmer place. What else can I do to bring it back...I still have at least 1 leaf that is dying...eventhough I don't have many leaves now and the other leaves are healthy and green (the 2-3 that I have. I'd like to know how I can get it to start growing better. If I use MG fertilizer spikes with they hurt it?
I keep Anthuriums, and it needs to be watered MUCH more than once a week.
Water it in the morning. Every morning check the top layer of soil to see if it's moist. If it's moist, leave it alone and check it again tomorrow. If it's dry, water it. (I've had a lot of luck with this method, but proper drainage is VERY important, otherwise your plant's roots will rot.)
I also recommend lightly misting the leaves with dechlorinated water every afternoon.
Thanx so much for responding but I had to throw "Susan" away because all her roots rotted and she had little bugs in her soil. Since then I've gotten another plant, not anthurium, that's not so temperamental. It's doing VERY well. Since I've come to the hard realization that I'm not a "plant" person, I'm just going to get the plants that take care of themselves. I think I loved it too much and it had the opposite effect of what I wanted. Thank you again.
Sacramento -
My anthurium was at work by a window with indirect light. I watered it about 2X a week and it would flower regularly - just beautiful. Then the leaves started dying away in spots, so after a while (too long, I think), I took it to the nursery - it had mites. They sold me some spray that seemed to stop the bugs, and I watched it carefully. The new leaves seemed to be fine, but the older leaves were sick, so I trimmed them off. Now I have these long bare "leafless" stalks with some beautiful dark green leaves on top. My question - can I cut the stock and re-root it in water to get the plant going again? Or what do you recommend so I can get a full, lush plant again, which I had for so long?
Debzee,
I'm not sure. I haven't had an Anthurium in a while and I don't think I ever tried propagating one.
Can any of my readers helps us out?
Thanks,
drayas
my anthurium is about 2 years old. Its still not flowering. call someone tell me how to make it flower.
indu
Indulaxmi,
Anthuriums can be different to flower in my experience. They require consistent warm temperatures, regular feeding of houseplant food, high humidity levels (give it a daily misting) and you need to keep the soil moist but not soggy.
Hope that helps,
drayas
I've got a beautiful anthurium plant that seems to always be in bloom and is quite healthy i believe. my question is....does anyone know if i can take cuttings off of it like a philadendran in an attempt to get it to 'bush-up' a little. currently the stems seem to be long and 'langly'.
Hello,
Can any readers help us out? I've never tried this.
Thanks,
drayas
I have several Anthuriums. They are flowering pale flowers instead of the usual bright red. Is there any fertilizar that I need? What can the problem be? They are indoors, not very hot or cold, good light but not direct sunlight.
Thanks
Hector
Hector,
There are different colors of anthuriums .. Mine is also a paler red.
i have an anthrium and when ever i come to water it the pot i sit it in is always ful of water. i guess this means bad drainage. so it says in the article that i shoule use rooks for better dranage i will try that also the small fertilizers that the plant came with always seem to be siting on top and the soil is always dry....is this all because of bad drainage??? i shall see once i add the rocks. thanks for all th help!
I've had an anthrium for just a few weeks. It is in a well draining pot and gets good light. I water it about once a week. But the leaves are yellowing. When I got it, the leaves were a beautiful dark green color. Is it dying? What can I do to help my poor plant?
Hi Moni,
What you have there is a tempramental plant. It doesn't like anything. It doesn't like to be watered a lot, it doesn't like sunlight (direct), it doesn't like to be put into big pots...no matter how big it's gotten. Just leave it alone and take it out of the sun. If you love it too much it's not going to love you back. if you ignore it, it'll live. i don't know why it's like that, but as far as I can tell you. Just don't love it to death like I did. I had a beautiful big leafed, pinkish red one with large leaves and I changed it out of the little post it was in because I saw some type of worm in it....it hated it. I tried to water it to get it back...it hated it. I tried putting it in the sun....it hated it. So my advice to you is to leave it alone and ignore it and most likely it'll be fine.
I have an anthurium that was shipped to me from Hawaii. It was growing on a small lava rock. I fixed a heavy crystal bowl with decorative rock (the flat, round, smooth ones)and just set it on top of the rock. I water it about 2 x weekly and about 1 x monthly, I immerse the rock and roots in a water bath with orchid fertilizer. It seems to be well, but the flowers are rather small. Would it be better for me to plant it in soil? ggn777
Thanks spell_bnd. I have just left it alone. Some of the leaves got real bad. So I cut them off. And now I am just letting it sit there. Not doing too much to it. Some new leaves are coming in. But the old ones went yellow and brown.
Great site - thanks! I found you after researching for my new Anthurium. Wish me luck! And check out my blog -- newyorkplantsandotherstuff.blogspot.com -- you may enjoy it!
Moni,
I'm glad to hear that your plant is growing new leaves. I'd say just continue what you're doing. Get rid of the bad leaves, don't water it too much, keep it in a small pot until you see the roots start to grow out of the pot then go to the next size pot. Keep it out of the sun. Too bad I had to lose my plant to know these things, but I'm glad I could give you some advice to help you with yours. Just keep an eye on it, but remember don't show it too much love. Ignore it and it'll be fine. :-)
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