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Laceleaf

Anthurium schlechtendalii

Also called Bird's Nest Anthurium, Pheasants Tail

Laceleaf
Photo: Sonia Rosales, CC BY-SA 3.0

Laceleaf is a climbing epiphytic aroid from wet forests of Mexico to Costa Rica, grown for its dark green leaves and long purple-tinged bracts. It needs humidity, bright filtered light and well-draining, airy growing medium.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub, Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the mix starts to dry, and keep the roots moist but never soggy.
Soil
Chunky, airy epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat or coco coir.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Like other aroids, the leaves and stems contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause mouth and throat irritation and swelling if chewed.
Native range
Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anthurium schlechtendalii, also known as pheasant's tail or cola de faisán in Spanish, is a broad-leafed plant used for multiple medicinal purposes, including muscle and joint sprains, back pain, arthritis and rheumatism.

Other Anthurium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium schlechtendalii 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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