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Anthurium lancifolium

Anthurium lancifolium
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0

Anthurium lancifolium is a small epiphytic or subshrubby aroid from wet tropical forests of Central and northern South America, grown mainly by collectors for its lance-shaped leaves. The key to growing it is consistently high humidity and bright, filtered light without waterlogged roots.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium evenly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Chunky, fast-draining aroid mix with bark, perlite and some peat or coir.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Like other anthuriums, leaves and stems contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause mouth and throat irritation, swelling and drooling if chewed.
Native range
SE. Nicaragua to Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

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Anthurium lancifolium is a species of Anthurium found from Costa Rica to Colombia.

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 lancifolium 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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