Anthurium Flamingo Flower Care

To keep your flamingo flower healthy place in bright indirect sunlight and grow in acidic well draining soilless potting mix.

Anthurium flamingo flower care. Compared to other domestic plants caring for the flamingo flower can be challenging at times. Low light will slow growth and produce fewer smaller flowers water. But on the other hand the plants. Anthurium flamingo is a soft and delicate plant so it thrives well in a warm environment with daytime temperature within the range of 70 to 85 degrees fahrenheit 21 to 29 degrees celsius.

Besides at night the temperature above 50 degrees fahrenheit would be just perfect. Other common names flamingo flower tail flower. Flamingo flower plants should be re potted every 2 3 years. Be sure to give your anthurium a small trellis or a stake for support if when it starts to extend just like mine in the photo above.

Genus anthurium are evergreen perennials usually epiphytic and sometimes climbing with large simple or palmately lobed leaves and spike like flowering spadices each subtended by a colourful flat spathe. Water flamingo plants when the top 1 2 5 cm of soil is dry keep humidity high and grow in a temperature range of between 60 f and 90 f 16 c 32 c. How to care for an anthurium plant. How to care for anthurium plants.

Place flaming flowers over pebble trays filled with water or moist gravel to raise relative humidity. May 27 2008 by jamie jamison adams 124 comments. There are only two species of anthurium that have red flowers and they are anthurium andreanum and anthurium scherzerianum. Common mistakes when caring for anthurium.

Ideal for the start is cultivation soil which is equipped with the right nutrients to develop the small seedlings into beautiful flamingo flowers. The more light and warmth that your anthurium gets the more water it will need so check the soil for dryness every. The lady who had it didn t know what it was but said that she kept it in direct sunlight and when she moved it it didn t. Avoid overwatering anthurium roots are susceptible to rot.

Flowering anthurium needs bright indirect light direct sunlight will scorch the leaves and flowers. Feed the anthurium plant regularly from spring until the end of summer. Propagating flamingo flowers and growing them from seed. The right ratio of humidity and watering is not always easy.

Water infrequently but thoroughly once the top inch of soil is dry and fertilize every other month through the growing season. Proper care for an anthurium flamingo flower. The root should have an appropriate size. I recently acquired a plant at a yard sale.

Choose a high quality peat moss based potting mix with a high perlite content to ensure proper drainage. Water thoroughly when the first inch of the soil becomes dry to the touch stopping when water starts draining from the drainage holes. This plant suffers when the humidity level drops below 50 percent losing. On the one hand the roots should not be watered too much.

Anthuriums should be planted in well draining acidic soil and kept in humid conditions at temperatures of 60 f to 90 f.