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Anthurium formosum is a wild aroid from Central and northern South America that grows as an epiphyte or on the ground in humid mid-elevation forest. It is grown mainly as a collector's foliage plant, and care centres on warmth, humidity and bright filtered light.
Anthurium formosum is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native to Central and South America. Epiphytic or terrestrial, it is found from Nicaragua to Colombia and northwest Venezuela.
It is often one of the more common species at middle elevations of its habitat around 500–1,500 metres (1,600–4,900 ft), and may form large stands. It has relatively large leaves that may be 30–80 centimetres (12–31 in) long and 20–52 centimetres (7.9–20.5 in) wide. Its spadix is coated with a wax smelling of spearmint, which attracts euglossine bees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium formosum 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.
