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Anthurium argyrostachyum

Anthurium argyrostachyum
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0

Anthurium argyrostachyum is a small shrubby or epiphytic aroid from the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, grown for its arrowhead-shaped leaves with parallel veins. Give it warm, humid conditions, bright filtered light and a loose, well-draining, airy mix.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of mix dry out, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Chunky, airy aroid mix with bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18-27 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium argyrostachyum is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native to Ecuador and Colombia. Growing as a small shrub or an epiphyte, it is best recognized by its foliage that has triangular or arrowhead-like shape, a long central lobe, and parallel veins. It is a member of the section Polyneurium, and is thus related to Anthurium corrugatum, Anthurium panduriforme, and others that share its parallel venation and other characteristics.

Other Anthurium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium argyrostachyum 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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