

#FLAMINGO PLANT FULL#
Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Loam (Silt) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Houseplant Perennial Poisonous Habit/Form: Erect.Attributes: Genus: Anthurium Family: Araceae Life Cycle: Perennial Country Or Region Of Origin: Mexico to Tropical America Dimensions: Height: 2 ft.Tags: #poisonous #houseplant #perennials #white flowers #shrub #red flowers #green flowers #yellow flowers #low light #bright light #interiorscape #waxy #spadix #spathe #shiny #herbaceous perennials #leathery #fantz #tropical feel #heart-shaped leaves #hsc #hsc-fl Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Laura Barth for " Houseplants, Succulents, and Cacti", a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. Leaves are leathery, with truncate to cordate base.Spadix and pink to reddish spathe are at right angles to eachother.Wipe down the leaves of indoor plants periodically to remove dust. High-phosphorus fertilizer will encourage more blooms as well as pruning away old spent blooms.
#FLAMINGO PLANT WINDOWS#
Too little light will cause the plant to bloom less and grow slowly south or west-facing windows are best. Prefers medium to high light, moist well-drained soil, and low to medium relative humidity. They need bright but indirect light.īlooms in wild tropical areas in spring to summer desired in interiors for long-lasting, pink to reddish inflorescence and erect, deep green leaves spadix is at right angle to spathe and is twisted like a corkscrew in some species used in interiorscapes as specimen or temporary flowering display.

Common houseplant Anthuriums are grown for their brightly colored flower spathes and their ornamental leaves. See below DescriptionĮvergreen tropical perennial shrub to 3', upright and multi-stemmed. Phonetic Spelling an-THUR-ee-um This plant has high severity poison characteristics.
