Red Anthurium Plants for Sale Online

Red Anthurium Plants does best with bright indirect to bright direct light. An Eastern exposure is ideal, a western window with a curtain works as long as the plant does not receive too much direct light. The lighting is the key to the plant continuously producing flowers; the plant will survive in lower light without producing the flowers.

Red Anthurium Plants like a happy medium between too dry and too wet; they like to stay evenly moist. They produce aerial roots that like higher humidity, and it's normal for these roots to grow above the soil level and absorb extra moisture. It is possible to grow Red Anthurium Plants in water without soil in special vases designed just for plants which are typically filled with marbles or glass beads.

Any all purpose, fertilizer will work for Red Anthurium Plants. Indoor houseplant fertilizers fall into two groups: water soluble, liquid quick release, and granular, slow release fertilizers. Jack's Classic Indoor plant food works well as a water-soluble, quick release fertilizer that is mixed with water to quickly provide nutrients to a plant that has been in a container for an extended time. Osmocote Indoor/Outdoor is an option as a granular, slow release fertilizer that can be applied while potting and planting. Any type of fertilizer offers nutrients that help plants with the transition to a new environment.

Red Anthurium Plants do best in a moist but well draining soil such as Espoma Organic Potting Mix. A regular potting mix will work, but a mix of Espoma Organic Orchid Mix and regular potting mix would be ideal. These larger mixes will allow drainage while creating air pockets to keep the roots happy. It is normal for Red Anthurium Plants and other epiphytes to produce thick, rounded roots above ground that absorb moisture from the air. These plants could be grown in water culture as well, with just water or terra cotta pebbles which stay moist but gradually dry out.