I have managed to keep mine alive for over a decade and it is still thriving. Read about the details in this Anthurium toxicity post.Īnthuriums love higher humidity, and some Anthuriums are more suited to indoor culture than others, but you can still manage to grow them indoors. However, if you follow my care advice that I will give shortly in this post, you will find that they CAN be easy to grow with some knowledge and consistency in care!Īnthuriums are also mildly toxic to cats and dogs, but the reaction is rarely severe. I am not exaggerating when I say that mine has been in constant bloom now for years, even in the winter.Īnthurium was listed in NASA’s clean air study for its ability to remove a variety of indoor air toxins.Īlthough I didn’t include Anthurium in my blog post of easiest to grow plants to clean your indoor air, this plant is worth growing! Keep reading about how I take care of mine and you can be successful too! Anthurium ConsĪnthuriums are not the easiest plants to grow indoors and never make any “top 10 easy plants to grow” lists. The waxy red flowers last seemingly forever! Ok well not forever, and I’ve never timed the lifespan of a single flower, but they will easily last several weeks if not longer.Īs your anthurium gets older like mine, if you give it the proper care, it will be in perpetual bloom. Some of my favorite parts about this plant are the following. There are a number of benefits of growing Anthurium. I suspect that most of the commonly available anthuriums are either the Anthurium andreanum species, or perhaps a cultivar of this species or a hybrid.

Green spadix on the older “flower” and a white spadix on a freshly opened “flower” On fresh flowers, the spadix will be white, and then it turns green as it ages. Notice the red spathe on my Anthurium below, and the green and white spadix.

In nature the spathe is used to attract pollinators to the tiny flowers which are found on the protruding spike called a spadix. The spathe is actually a modified leaf.Īnthuriums belong to the Aroid plant family and they typically have a spathe and a spadix. There are only two species of Anthurium that have red flowers and they are Anthurium andraeanum and Anthurium scherzerianum.Īctually the red “flower” is the spathe of the plant. I’ve had the plant for well over a dozen years and it keeps getting bigger and bigger! 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. I didn’t know they grew this way until mine started vining. You may be surprised how big they can get. If you know me, you know how much I don’t like common names! So I’ll just stick with Anthurium which is the genus.

Flamingo lily leaves turning brown