Note : This is a customized / Made to order Product, hence the delivery will take between 3 – 10 working days. In offices, put them near a window and the moderated temperature will work wonders on the flowers! General tips: Anthuriums are good office-goers. Remove them while repotting and voila … each grows into a new plant!įlowers: They flower very often and each flower lasts a long long time (upto 30 days). The Stems and petioles are fleshy and break easily. The undersides of the leaves are a vibrant purple color. The leaves are simple, with dentate margins and a velvety surface. Propagation: They produce offsets regularly. A tuberous gesneriad with dark purple foliage that fades to a copper color with age. So you can repot them every year during spring. Repotting: Anthuriums grow profusely if well cared for. Misting also helps in reducing the dust that tends to get collected on the large span of their leaves.įeeding: A weak all purpose feed once every 2 weeks is necessary for regular flowering. Shaded balconies, patios are the best places. Plant only - Pots sold separatelyHeight With Nursery Pot: 45cmNursery Pot Width: 14cmAverage Canopy Spread: 25cmwill fit a 15cm Decorative plant pot.
Light: Good light is needed, but you must always avoid direct sun. Anthuriums perhaps belong to a small group of houseplants that are treasured both for their flowers as well as their rich foliage. Slugs sometimes chew holes in the leaves.Design detail : This plant is potted in a brown Indian ceramic octogonal pot.įlamingo Flower (Anthurium Purple) : True to its common name of painter’s palette, Anthuriums are now available in almost every color of the palette. They thrive in the poor sandy soil here in central Florida.įungus and bacteria will rot them if the soil is too wet and soggy. They’ll bloom no matter what you do.Ĭhrysothemis pulchella prefers well drained soil. I give them some granular 10-10-10 once a year. They prefer even, well drained, moisture while growing, and little to no moisture in the Winter during their dormancy.
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In full sun they get a bit burned at the edges of the foliage, and in too much shade they get tall and leggy. They do best in bright shade, but they can be grown in deep shade or full sun too. Whenever I try this, the tubers dry out and die, so leave them in soil. In zones lower than 7, they can be Wintered indoors, but they should not be dug up and stored dry. In containers, cold temperatures kill them more easily, but in the ground they are quite resilient to cold, especially if they have a layer of mulch or compost protecting them. This plant goes completely dormant in the Winter. The contrast between the dark foliage and the bright inflorescences is striking and quite beautiful.ģ2☏ zone 7b if planted in the ground. As more flowers bloom and fall off, the cluster of calyces grows larger over the course of the season.
The flower calyces are a fiery orange, and they last all season. The flowers, which only last one day, are a bright yellow with reddish orange stripes and spots. The inflorescence emerges almost immediately after breaking dormancy in the Spring, and they continue to bloom until they go dormant in the Fall. Sometimes above ground tubers form at the lower nodes of the plant. The truth is that I hardly ever see it anywhere, and for the life of me, I can’t understand why.Ī tuberous gesneriad with dark purple foliage that fades to a copper color with age. It comes back on its own from tubers every Spring.
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