Anthurium Ellipticum

Anthurium Ellipticum Care

Anthurium Albovirescens

What is the plant

They are terrestrial or epiphytic plants with a short stem up to 1 m in height. Leaves are oval-lanceolate, with a deep heart-shaped base, 25-30 cm long and 10-12 cm wide, hanging downwards. Petioles are 25-36 cm long, with old leaves with bends. The inflorescence is a cob up to 15 cm in length, slightly drooping or erect, yellowish with a bright bracts or "veil". The cover of Andre Anthurium is shiny, large, wide-heart-shaped, slightly wrinkled, less often vesicular, with well-visible veins, pink, white or red. Blooms for about a month, when flowering, the bedspread turns green. The fruits are yellow or orange berries, obovate or spherical, partly protruding from the bedspread.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Part Sun

Temperature

16°C - 18°C

Hardiness zone

10 - 11

Difficulty

Easy

How to Care for the Plant

Water
The soil should be kept slightly moist and never allowed to dry out completely. Setting the pot in a tray of water-filled gravel will help the plant drain and also help keep humidity levels high.
Fertilizer
It is safe and recommended to use liquid fertilizer throughout the growing period. Use a fertilizer high in phosphorus, and dilute it to half strength to feed the plants every two weeks or so.
Sunlight
Indoors or out, anthuriums grow best in bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sun, which can burn the leaves.

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Soil
Anthuriums prefer a coarse, well-draining potting. An orchid mix with additional sand and peat moss mixed in, makes a perfect potting mix for anthuriums.
Temperature
This plant prefers high humidity and temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. These plants can be grown outside only in zones 11 to 12, and will likely perish at temperatures 40 degrees or less.
Container
When an anthurium fills up its pot with roots and begins to send up plentiful air roots, it is time to repot. Normally, this is necessary every two years or so.