Important nuances you need to know about anthurium
From the Aroid family, anthurium is the most capricious plant that requires special conditions of detention and is sensitive to the slightest mistakes in care. This is especially true for anthuriums after the end of flowering, because often flower Anthurium refuses to grow and, barely faded, either simply freezes or even begins to wither. To prevent this from happening, you need to know what he likes and what the plant does not like.
What kind of soil does the flower like?
Anthurium is a champion among lovers of loose soil. He needs not just nutritious soil (humus, deciduous) with bark elements. It is imperative to add small broken expanded clay to the substrate. This is necessary to ensure free air access to the roots.
The root system of anthurium should not be in dense, caked soil, since it will be difficult for delicate and fragile roots to develop.
How much light and humidity do you need?
Quite often, anthuriums begin to lose their rich color of leaves as a result of a lack of lighting. An improperly selected place can play a negative role in the life of a plant, because it is very demanding on lighting. But at the same time, direct rays must be avoided. Diffused lighting is what anthurium needs.
Anthurium just needs regular watering and spraying of the leaves, especially in the summer. But even on hot days, you should not allow stagnation of water in the pot and pan, otherwise it will rot.
Is a break between flowering necessary?
In order to provide the plant with regular and abundant flowering, experienced florists advise to arrange a rest for it. To do this, with the arrival of November, you should reduce watering, but do not allow the earthy clod to completely dry out.
You can navigate by the leaves when they droop slightly - it's time to water the flower well with warm water.
To maintain moisture around the bush, you can spread the moss in the pot and spray it. If possible, the pot should be moved to a cool, bright room and kept there until January or even February. So anthurium will be able to gain strength before the next flowering. The lowered temperature, rare watering and good air humidity force the plant to throw out many peduncles after dormancy ends and goes into normal maintenance.
Types of anthurium
Not everyone knows that the plant has several species that differ in the shape or color of the inflorescence. The most famous varieties include:
- Anthurium Andre - has a yellow flower-cob of a straight, even shape.
- Scherzer's anthurium - the ear is wrapped in a spiral or with a screw. There are varieties of flowers with a curved shape, they are also called "flamingo flower".
- Anthurium Majestic - has large leaves, while, unlike other varieties, they are not smooth, but velvety to the touch. The flowers are also larger than those of other anthuriums.
- Anthurium Climbing - grows in the form of a small liana, rarely grows more than 1 m. In the color range of the cob, the calm green color of different shades is leading: the cob is painted in light green, and the veil itself is green. The variety is the most unpretentious among its relatives, but it is clearly inferior in beauty to them.