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Red Pearls Anthurium

Anthurium gracile

Red Pearls Anthurium
Photo: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0

Anthurium gracile is an epiphytic aroid from the American tropics, grown as a small houseplant for its red berry-like spadices. It needs bright indirect light, humidity and very well-drained, airy potting mix.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the mix starts to dry, and never let it sit soggy.
Soil
Chunky, fast-draining aroid mix with bark, perlite and some peat or coir.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain calcium oxalate crystals that irritate the mouth and skin if chewed or handled.
Native range
Trinidad to C. & S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium gracile, the red pearls anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the American tropics. An epiphyte, when kept as a houseplant it needs excellent drainage.

Other Anthurium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium gracile 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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