This blooming plant likes medium to bright light and needs to dry out to the touch between watering, making good drainage essential. Even when they are not in bloom, they are a beautiful foliage plant.

To get continual blossoms, you will need to use a blooming plant food. Look for a food where the middle number is the largest of the three numbers, representing high phosphoric acid content. When the first number, representing Nitrogen, is the largest number, it is good foliage plant food, and the third number, representing Soluble Potash, is for stronger root development, which is a good transplanting food. Feed your Anthurium every other month to ensure a healthy blooming plant. With the Anthurium, as with any houseplant, the more light, the more foliage, the more water, the more plant food.

Most house plants it seems will eventually get a case of the gnats!! They like dark moist environments. I found the best way to avoid gnats is to keep your decorative containers cleaned out, and don't let water sit in the bottom. If your plants are directly planted in the containers, let them dry to the touch between watering. Anthuriums are also susceptible to Scale and the occasional Mealy Bug outbreak. Just spray with a houseplant appropriate insect spray rated for your particular problem.

Overview:

Light: Medium to High light

Watering: Allow the top inch or so of soil to dry out between waterings

Pruning: Remove dead & unsightly foliage at base of plant. Remove any faded or brown flowers.

Problems: Gnats, Mealy bug, Scale.

Common Name(s): Flamingo Plant