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Anthurium andicola

Anthurium andicola
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0

Anthurium andicola is an epiphytic subshrub in the arum family, native to Central and southern Mexico, where it grows on trees in wet tropical forest. It is rarely grown in gardens, and the key to growing it is to mimic its humid, shaded forest conditions.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the mix evenly moist but never soggy, and water when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Chunky, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Mexico
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium andicola is a species of Anthurium found in Mexico

Other Anthurium plants

Anthurium acaule · Anthurium albidum · Anthurium albispatha · Anthurium albovirescens · Anthurium alcatrazense · Anthurium alluriquinense · Tulip Anthurium · Anthurium amoenum · Anthurium anceps · Flamingo-lily · Anthurium angustilaminatum · Anthurium argyrostachyum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium andicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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