Q&A for How to Grow Anthurium Plants

You can divide the plant when you re-pot it. Remove it from its current pot, and untangle the stems/roots to separate individual plants. These can be re-potted using the guidance above.

Leaves turning brown could be a sign of too much light. Try reducing the amount of light by moving the plant farther away from your light source.

Mature anthurium plants need 10'' diameter pots, while slightly mature plant need 8" diameter pots.

I soak mine in a large plastic container in a mix of liquid fertilizer and compost tea. They flower like crazy and the flowers are very big.

I believe the yellowing is a sign of too much water and possibly poor light.

The brown spots may indicate that your plant is getting too much sun. Move your plant to a shadier area.

You can plant them anywhere as long as it's shady and allowing indirect light onto the plant. Sun cannot touch plant or it will burn it! Most of mine are under trees in shady positions with indirect light touching them.

Yes it can. Take it out of the potting mix and put it in a glass of water under a plant light. It will grow more rapidly. Clean the water once a month

You don't have to, but it works. You can mix your own or experiment with variety. Mine are hydroponic/air plants grown in aquarium water and air dried 1-3 days a week.

Yes. You can also purchase potting soils at your garden center that are pre-mixed and organically composted together.

Plant food is vitamins that help your plants flourish to their full potential.

Yes, you should cut it off with a sharp knife as low as you can at the base of the stem.

This happens if you have an animal addicted to plants, or because the plant isn't healthy.

Spray the foliage and soil with a solution of Seasol, according to directions and every two weeks.

Yes, you should. Cut them close to the base with a pair of sterile scissors. If you don’t, then diseases can harbor over in the dead bloom and kill the plant

Yes. Once the fruit develops, you need to remove the pulp, soak it in water for 1 to 2 days, then plant. If you don’t, the seeds will not grow.

Transplant your anthurium to a similar-sized pot with drainage holes and a saucer to catch excess water after watering.

If the dust does not move, it could be pollen from the anthurium flowers on the spadix. If the mites move and you notice fine webs on the leaves, treat your plant with a neem oil spray weekly until the mites are gone.

Your bathroom's moist and cool conditions are not ideal for an anthurium. A north-facing window provides insufficient light especially with a curtain. More light and higher temperatures should help your plant.

Yes, anthuriums can be grown in LECA, but they are not the easiest plant to choose for this method, so be sure to do things correctly.

Crushed eggshells can provide some calcium as they dissolve over months, but appropriate houseplant fertilizers are much more effective.

Replant your Anthurium as soon as possible in a 5-inch (18 cm) pot with drainage holes. Allow the plant to establish before considering repotting in a year or two.

If the bark in the potting soil is turning greenish-black, it's likely just algae, which is not harmful to your plant but may absorb some fertilizer. Other fungi on the soil surface are usually saprophytes on decaying bark, and they typically aren't a problem.

It's possible that the two non-flowering plants are a different variety needing more light or fertilizer. Try moving one of them to a different location to see the impact.

It's possible that you have issues with the root system. Possibly overwatering and/or root disease. You need new roots to support the developing flowers and leaves. Keep the plant drier to allow new roots to form and function. Alternatively, you may have a bacterial disease that develops on the new leaves and flowers near the growing point. There is no cure for a bacterial disease problem.

You can buy different colours. Most flowers are red or white but you can also find pink and even double pink. If you are into experimenting and your Anthurium gets seeds, plant them and the colour will probably be different from the mother plant. Anthuriums are often cross pollinated if you have different coloured plants close to each other.

It's probably all dead anyway, so cut it off if it's brown. Or you can leave it and eventually it'll rot away by itself. New shoots will come as the old flowers die.

They turn green as the flowers get older, you might be lucky to get seeds if the middle bit has lumps on it.

Depending on the size of the flower itself, the seeds can be the size of a tacking pinhead or a mustard seed.

You will know when the flower is stating to go brown and droopy, and the flower stem is drying up.