Re: Philodendron aerial roots

From: SNALICE at aol.com on 1997.11.17 at 15:19:31(1624) Dear Jared, >>>>I have buried the plant deeper when aerial were emerging <<<< Would this apply when they are ' just' emerging, because my Anthurium +More gracile seedlings started out rather lanky due to the fact that I didn't have the light close enough to them from the beginning. Now they are stretched out to a 5" length with aerial roots at every 1/2" along the 5" length, and each root is about 1/2" long. When I transplanted them into pots, I burried as many roots as I could to get the length down, but they have since grown 5" out of the soil with lots of 1/2" roots above ground ( I'm not sure what is normal for gracile), and still have that stretched look even though the lights are now on top of them. They are so lanky that they look like a runner. What do I do to bring them back into shape? How deep can they be planted? I have another question for the group please. Since I lost all of my email information, I don't recall if the 'Blueberry' Anthurium was ID'd as A. scandens, var. leucocarpum. Is this correct? Thank you, Sue Zuninio

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