A bright flower with large glossy leaves and an unusual inflorescence always catches the eye. Flower lovers know this plant under the name Anthurium. Special care is required to ensure its flowering from spring to autumn. But there is not always a guarantee that a plant purchased at a flower shop will be able to take root in your apartment. To understand the intricacies of breeding anthurium, let's get to know the flower better.
The name of the evergreen plant Anthurium can be translated from Greek - Flowertail, it is also called the flamingo flower. A home-grown flower can reach a height of 60 to 90 centimeters. When choosing a plant in a flower shop, it is worth choosing a copy with glossy, hard leaves and a few unopened buds. One of the most popular varieties for breeding at home is Anthurium Anre.
The plant belongs to the Aroid family and grows in the tropics and subtropics of America. Therefore, Anthurium flower care requires appropriate to its origin. So, the plant loves heat, diffused sunlight andincreased humidity. In accordance with this, it should be placed near the windows located on the east side, monitor the temperature in the room. It should be between 20 and 26 degrees. To prevent the plant from starting to hurt, in winter the temperature in the room should not be below eighteen degrees.
The plant does not like drafts, but it needs to provide fresh air. If Anthurium does not bloom, then insufficient lighting may be to blame. A guest from the humid tropics must be regularly (twice a day) sprayed with water, and this must be done very carefully so that water does not fall on the flowers. They also recommend wrapping the roots of the plant with sphagnum moss, and spraying not only the plant itself, but also the moss. Only soft, filtered water is suitable for irrigation. The most abundant should be watering in spring and summer. In winter and autumn, the plant can be watered once a week, while the soil should not dry out. The leaves of the plant should be wiped with a damp sponge. Withered flowers must be removed so as not to weaken the plant.
Like any other plant, Anthurium also needs to be fed. Caring for it involves fertilizing once every 2-3 weeks during spring and autumn. Suitable fertilizer for aroid or ornamental flowering plants. An important step in caring for a plant is its first transplant after buying it in a store. A shallow and fairly wide pot is suitable for this, since Anthurium has a root system that is located in the surface layer of the soil. From the fragile roots of a flowercarefully remove the substrate, put drainage on the bottom of the pot. For transplantation, a loose and breathable substrate should be used, consisting of peat, pieces of bark and sphagnum moss, or a mixture of leaf and turf soil, sand and peat.
If Anthurium has taken root in your house, its reproduction is possible in several ways. For breeding the plant, its apical cuttings or lateral processes are suitable. Anthurium can also be grown from seeds. The division of the bush is less commonly used, because the roots of the plant are very fragile. Since the plant is an epiphyte, growing in a specially designed room greenhouse will be most suitable for it.
Please note that both the leaves and stems of the Anthurium plant are poisonous. Caring for it requires care. Keep it out of reach of children and pets. When caring for a flower, do not forget to wear gloves.
Anthurium, although it requires special care, is quite capricious and demanding on compliance with the rules of maintenance, but the flower grower will be rewarded with a richly flowering plant.
