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Anthurium plantagineum

Anthurium plantagineum is a small epiphytic subshrub from the Arum family, endemic to Ecuador, with plantain-like leaves. It is rarely grown; the key to cultivating it is high humidity and bright, filtered light, as in its wet lowland forest habitat.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top of the mix begins to dry, keeping it evenly moist but never soggy.
Soil
Chunky, airy epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat or coco coir.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: All parts of Anthurium contain calcium oxalate crystals that irritate the mouth and throat if chewed or swallowed.
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium plantagineum is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Latin specific epithet plantagineum refers to the leaves of the plant which are similar to those of a plantain.

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 plantagineum 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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