If you looking for a great addition to home decoration, the Anthurium plant will be the best choice to bring the exotic touch to liven up your interior design. Its vibrant color and unique shape can easily catch everyone’s eye and bring refreshment to your home.
Anthurium, commonly known as Flamingo Flower or Hawaiian Love Plant, is famous for its brightly colored flower and exquisite dark green leaves. Anthurium also has a beautiful flower with variative colors such as red, purple, lavender, pink, and hot orange that can bloom 10 months out of the year.
Anthurium is not difficult to care for, it can live up to 5 years as long as you maintain a conducive environment for Anthurium to live as a houseplant. If you’re interested to keep Anthurium as a houseplant and want to learn more about the its care requirements. Here are some tips about necessary activities and solutions to grow Anthurium as a houseplant that Bina Expert has summarized::
Soil Requirements
You can’t grow Anthurium Dorayaki in regular garden soil without properly modifying it first. You should buy a potting mix or make one yourself because Anthurium Dorayaki needs nutrient-rich and fertile substrate.
The Anthurium Dorayaki dislikes growing in damp soils. So, you need to provide soil that contains plenti perlite with a pH of around 6.5, and the substrate needs to be quite acidic.
Water Requirements
To maintain the substrate always moist and make the moisture spread evenly across the substrate, you can watering your Anthurium Dorayaki once or twice a week. You can also preserve the moisture content using mulch to help the substrate moisture didn’t evaporate quickly.
Light Requirements
In their natural habitat, Anthurium Dorayaki didn’t grow under direct sunlight as tree canopies naturally block some sun rays from reaching the plants. At home, you also should grow them under filtered sunlight by putting them behind windows. In winter you can grow your Anthurium with the help of grow light.
Humidity Requirements
These plants love a humid room, so you should maintain the room had 70 to 80 percent humidity every day to mimic its natural habitat. To help your Anthurium Dorayaki receive just enough humidity, you can simply buy a mini humidifier.
Temperature Requirements
You cannot grow Anthurium Dorayaki at a temperature between 21 to 31 degrees Celsius or below 18 degrees Celsius. Temperature is vital for plants as it helps them in various biological activities but can stress them when it is higher or lower than their preference.
Just make sure to not place Anthurium Dorayaki near an air conditioner, microwave, or other temperature-regulating appliances.
Fertilizing Requirements
Anthurium didn’t need extra nutrients in the Autumn or Winter. But make sure you fertilize your Anthurium Dorayaki once a month during the Summer.
To pressing the fertilizer cost, you can use organic products such as compost. But if your Anthurium Dorayaki looks like it had a nutrient deficiency, buy a Foliar Fertilizer and mist it directly on the leaves immediately.
Pruning And Repotting
As time goes on, it surely will come a moment when your Anthurium needs to be pruned. They can quickly grow excess leaves that can ruin their graceful appearance. When your Anthurium is growing out of shape, you should remove the excess leaves and pale-looking leaves with a disinfected pruning shear or knife.
You can maintain your Anthurium roots by repotting your plant every two or three years when their roots start to swell from the potting mix. Also, you need to prune off the dead roots before planting them on a new substrate.
After knowing about how to grow an Anthurium, this is time for you to start planting one at your home. If you’re still unfamiliar with which type of Anthurium looks good for your home, you can check these 6 Recommendations of Anthurium Types You Can Grow As a Houseplant or pay a visit to our store to look for more choices.