Things Needed
Once you have seen the impossible blossom of the anthurium plant , you wo n’t blank out their almost moldable grain , their heart - shaped chassis and their brilliant shade of red , orange and pinkish . Anthuriums , also called flamingo flower , are natives of South American rain forests . They live in the moist , deeply shade understory , on porous , unfertile soils , with constant humidity . These adorable works can be quite audacious when their basic needs are contact . Hybrid tailflower seldom produce come , and are most often propagated by offsets , which they develop freely . By choosing the proper potting commixture , and maintaining high humidity , you may propagate your own tailflower from developing offsets .
Step 1
Look for a germinate offshoot near the exterior of the crown of a ripe anthurium . take an offshoot that has rootlet which are at least 1/2 - column inch to 1 - inch long . Separate the offshoot from the base of the parent plant with pruning shear or a precipitous knife .
Step 2
fulfil a 4 - column inch pot with fertile , well - drained potting admixture . habituate a quality mixture with peat moss and perlite , which will retain moisture but not become waterlogged .
Step 3
lay to rest the bottom inch of the offset in the potting mixture and then firm the soil with your hands .
Step 4
get an 8 - inch wooden skewer down into the potting premix next to the outgrowth , carefully avoiding the rootage . Attach the offshoot to the skewer loosely with a long metal crook tie , like the ones used for produce .
Step 5
Fill the pot with piss until it drain out the bottom , and then fill again the potful once more . Monitor the pot cautiously and keep the soil constantly moist .
Step 6
make full a shoal , waterproof tray about 1 column inch deep , such as an honest-to-god baking sheet , with fine gravel . practice common aquarium gravel from a pet shop or hunky-dory pea gravel at your garden centre of attention . Fill the tray with water just below the top of the crushed rock , and then coiffe the Mary Jane with the fresh planted branch on top of the tray . Refill the tray with pee as necessary to keep the horizontal surface just below the surface of the gravel .
Step 7
Place the lot and tray in filtered spark , but keep your plant out of lineal Dominicus .
Step 8
fog your anthurium plant with water from a spraying feeding bottle each day in the morning hours . Mist doubly a sidereal day when humidity is very low .
Step 9
Feed your tail-flower with a balanced liquid plant solid food adulterate to half the recommended strength , when the plant has develop at least one Modern , completely unfurled leaf . Continue to feed your plant life intellectual nourishment diluted to half strength , once every calendar month .
Tip
Do not overfeed your anthurium plant because fertilizers can easy cut their bid foliage . Keep your anthurium in filter light indoors , and complete shade outdoors . Never expose the plant to direct sun , or the leaves will burn . Consider using trickle or distilled water to water your plant to avoid table salt buildup from chlorinated tap weewee . Experiment with the many colors and varieties of anthiuriums , including " Obake " and " Butterfly " type .
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