


The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1–560. Archived at the Wayback Machine Poisonous Plants of North Carolina. Archived at the Wayback Machine Neotropical Araceae. Anthurium (section Urospadix subsection Flavescentiviridia).
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Species įor a full list, see the List of Anthurium species. In the commercial Anthurium trade, most propagation is via tissue culture. In the case of vining or climbing Anthuriums, the plants benefit from being provided with a totem to climb.Īnthurium can be propagated by seed or vegetatively by cuttings. Plants in pots with good root systems will benefit from a weak fertilizer solution every other week. Wiping the leaves off with water will remove any dust and insects. Indoors plants thrive at temperatures of 16–22 ☌ (61–72 ☏) and at lower light than other house plants. In milder climates the plants can be grown in pots of soil. They thrive in moist soils with high organic matter. Many hybrids are derived from Anthurium andraeanum or Anthurium scherzerianum because of their colorful spathes. Like other aroids, many species of Anthurium plant can be grown as houseplants, or outdoors in mild climates in shady spots, including Anthurium crystallinum and Anthurium clarinervium with its large, velvety, dark green leaves and silvery white venation.
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The sap is irritating to the skin and eyes. Īnthurium plants are poisonous due to calcium oxalate crystals. They have also been bred to produce spathes in many other colors and patterns.

andraeanum, two of the most common taxa in cultivation, are the only species that grow bright red spathes. The spadix and spathe are a main focus of Anthurium breeders, who develop cultivars in bright colors and unique shapes. They are juicy berries varying in color, usually containing two seeds. The fruits develop from the flowers on the spadix. Sometimes it covers the spadix like a hood. This is variable in shape, as well, but it is lance-shaped in many species. Beneath the spadix is the spathe, a type of bract. The spadix is often elongated into a spike shape, but it can be globe-shaped or club-shaped. The flowers are contained in close together spirals on the spadix. The inflorescence bears small flowers which are perfect, containing male and female structures. The leaves are often clustered and are variable in shape. Īnthurium is a genus of herbs often growing as epiphytes on other plants. The genus is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina and parts of the Caribbean. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.
