anthurium scherzerianum hybrids

From: tychen at ippfwhr.org on 1997.01.25 at 17:40:00(236) on the topic of plants in offices, there were a few in this list who suggested a. scherzerianum i have one at home, which i bought as a large plant with seven +More inflorescences (white) more than a year ago. it has been declining since. i get a lot of new growths, but the leaves never get as big as the ones they came with and eventually they turn brown. i water it very little because i think the browning of the leaves is caused by overwatering. i still haven't got rid of it because the rhizome seem to be very large and still puts out new growth all the time, (in other words, it is still alive, i hardly ever throw out a live plant). any tips on how to cultivate it indoors? specifically, 1) what kind of substrate should i use? peat? loam? epiphyte mix?, 2) how much watering does it need?, 3) light requirements? i also hear people who say fancy anthuriums are not good houseplants. what do you think? also, in regards to the variety a. scherzerianum 'rotschildianum': i first saw it in a picture in the logee's catalogue. that version, is a rather elliptic "normal" spathe, creamy with red dots, and a screwy spadix. i recently visited someone's greenhouse and he was growing a 'rothschildianum' that looked very different. the spathe was very large and almost rectangular, it was mostly red but still had the screwy, pig-tailed spadix. does anyone know which is the true roth? tsuh yang chen, new york city

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.01.26 at 02:29:22(237) I got my A. rotschildianum from Logees and so it looks like the one you described in the Logees catalog. It has done quite well as a house plant. I grow it in potting soil approximately 10 inches under fluorescent bulbs (4x30 watts). It grows quite well and is probably ready for transplanting into a larger pot (now 8"). Could your browning of leaves be fungus related? The only times my leaves turn brown are when they grow so large that they're directly touching the fluorescent bulb. +More Les

From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.01.26 at 02:33:03(238) At 11:39 AM 1/25/97 -0600, tychen@ippfwhr.org wrote: > on the topic of plants in offices, there were a few in this list who > suggested a. scherzerianum > > i have one at home, which i bought as a large plant with seven > inflorescences (white) more than a year ago. it has been declining > since. i get a lot of new growths, but the leaves never get as big > as the ones they came with and eventually they turn brown. i water > it very little because i think the browning of the leaves is caused > by overwatering. i still haven't got rid of it because the rhizome > seem to be very large and still puts out new growth all the time, (in > other words, it is still alive, i hardly ever throw out a live > plant). +More > > any tips on how to cultivate it indoors? specifically, 1) what kind > of substrate should i use? peat? loam? epiphyte mix?, 2) how much > watering does it need?, 3) light requirements? i also hear people > who say fancy anthuriums are not good houseplants. what do you > think? > > also, in regards to the variety a. scherzerianum 'rotschildianum': i > first saw it in a picture in the logee's catalogue. that version, is > a rather elliptic "normal" spathe, creamy with red dots, and a screwy > spadix. i recently visited someone's greenhouse and he was growing a > 'rothschildianum' that looked very different. the spathe was very > large and almost rectangular, it was mostly red but still had the > screwy, pig-tailed spadix. does anyone know which is the true roth? > > > tsuh yang chen, new york city > > > So glad to hear that Logee's still has that wonderful Anthruium! In my Anthurium Phase, which is still going on, I found them quite variable in "flower". I never thought of them as subjects for growing outside a greenhouse, except for short-term display. I made th mistake in Hawaii of thinking tht certain private homes were nurseries, for there it is the custom to move flowering anthuriums outside in rows in pots for display! There are Anthuriums without name and number in HI, incl one with a dinnerplate size inflorescence, the color purple shading towards deepest green. Somber, magnificent! Hermine@endangeredspecies.com THE place for odd plants, odd animals and very odd people

From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.01.26 at 22:41:40(239) At 08:29 PM 1/25/97 -0600, Lester Kallus wrote: >I got my A. rotschildianum from Logees and so it looks like the one you >described in the Logees catalog. It has done quite well as a house plant. >I grow it in potting soil approximately 10 inches under fluorescent bulbs >(4x30 watts). It grows quite well and is probably ready for transplanting >into a larger pot (now 8"). > >Could your browning of leaves be fungus related? The only times my leaves >turn brown are when they grow so large that they're directly touching the >fluorescent bulb. +More > Les > > > Fungus, no. You are burning the leaves just as I was gfond of coing, agaainst those toasty tubes!> Hermine, poster-child for computer-impaired

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.01.27 at 14:41:25(242) Dear Anthurium growers: Anthurium scherzerianum occurs at high elevation in cloud forests as a true epiphyte. It prefers a loose soil mix, the highest humidity possible and cool temperatures. Thus is is not surprizing that it does not do well under average house conditions. I wonder if it would do well in a terrarium? It also gets a lot of air movement in the wild so that might not bode well for terrarium conditions. +More Tom Croat, Missouri Botanical Garden > > At 11:39 AM 1/25/97 -0600, tychen@ippfwhr.org wrote: > > on the topic of plants in offices, there were a few in this list who > > suggested a. scherzerianum > > > > i have one at home, which i bought as a large plant with seven > > inflorescences (white) more than a year ago. it has been declining > > since. i get a lot of new growths, but the leaves never get as big > > as the ones they came with and eventually they turn brown. i water > > it very little because i think the browning of the leaves is caused > > by overwatering. i still haven't got rid of it because the rhizome > > seem to be very large and still puts out new growth all the time, (in > > other words, it is still alive, i hardly ever throw out a live > > plant). > > > > any tips on how to cultivate it indoors? specifically, 1) what kind > > of substrate should i use? peat? loam? epiphyte mix?, 2) how much > > watering does it need?, 3) light requirements? i also hear people > > who say fancy anthuriums are not good houseplants. what do you > > think? > > > > also, in regards to the variety a. scherzerianum 'rotschildianum': i > > first saw it in a picture in the logee's catalogue. that version, is > > a rather elliptic "normal" spathe, creamy with red dots, and a screwy > > spadix. i recently visited someone's greenhouse and he was growing a > > 'rothschildianum' that looked very different. the spathe was very > > large and almost rectangular, it was mostly red but still had the > > screwy, pig-tailed spadix. does anyone know which is the true roth? > > > > > > tsuh yang chen, new york city > > > > > > > So glad to hear that Logee's still has that wonderful Anthruium! In my > Anthurium Phase, which is still going on, I found them quite variable in > "flower". I never thought of them as subjects for growing outside a > greenhouse, except for short-term display. I made th mistake in Hawaii of > thinking tht certain private homes were nurseries, for there it is the > custom to move flowering anthuriums outside in rows in pots for display! > There are Anthuriums without name and number in HI, incl one with a > dinnerplate size inflorescence, the color purple shading towards deepest > green. Somber, magnificent! > Hermine@endangeredspecies.com > THE place for odd plants, odd animals and very odd people > >

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.