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Anthurium bakeri

Anthurium bakeri
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0

Anthurium bakeri is a semi-epiphytic aroid from Mexico to northwestern South America, grown occasionally as a houseplant for its strappy leaves and bright red flowers. It needs warm, humid conditions and bright filtered light.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the mix begins to dry, keeping it evenly moist but never soggy.
Soil
Chunky, well-draining aroid mix with bark, perlite and peat or coir.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Like other anthuriums, the leaves and stems contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause mouth and throat irritation, swelling and drooling if chewed.
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Guyana and Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium bakeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, found from Chiapas in Mexico through Central America and on to northwestern South America. A semi‑epiphyte with strappy leaves and bright red flowers, it is occasionally sold as a houseplant.

Other Anthurium plants

Tulip Anthurium · Flamingo-lily · Anthurium clarinervium · Scalloped laceleaf · Crystal Anthurium · Anthurium forgetii · Red Pearls Anthurium · Anthurium hookeri · Anthurium pedatoradiatum · Anthurium polyschistum · Anthurium radicans · Anthurium scherzerianum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium bakeri 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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