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

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