Look what we have here! My beloved Anthurium Clarinervium is truly putting on a show right now. Not only is it currently in its fascinating female stage of bloom – for those of you who love a bit of plant science, this means the spadix is now receptive to pollen, displaying those beautiful, dewy stigmas…
Category: anthurium
Alocasia Apocalypse and the Rise of Hydroponics
After a well deserved hibernation period, for my plants and myself, with very limited plant care and more reading than writing, a quirky idea sprouted: to move my alocasias to leca. This lightweight expanded clay aggregate were recommended many times by online plant friend for alocasias, or the two leaves plant gang, as I like…
Adriana Cidades: Tree fern and perlite is my recipe to save an anthurium
The sparkling veins are notoriously difficult to capture on camera, the unique excitement of creating hybrids is in the realm of art. All this subtle features of anthuriums managed to create a unique hype around this plants. Since I’m like an infant when it comes to anthuriums, I asked an expert. Adriana Cidades, owner of…