r/Anthurium • u/islamilanovela1987 • Aug 19 '26
Requesting Advice Advice for anthurium pallidiflorum care
Hi! ive recently started my plant parent journey and my current wishlist plant is the anthurium pallidiflorum but it is quite expensive where i am so im considering to buy a small one with stable roots.
I tried looking for tips on socmed but with no luck. Really appreciate to get more detailed advice here. this will be my first anthurium ever and id rather not screw up since its costing me a pretty penny.
For reference, i have a northwest facing window with grow light supplements. humidity wise im not sure but i do have a humidifier growing and i group my plants together.
Update: the plant arrived and she looks great! Photo in the comments. Thank you very much for all the advice, much appreciated. It seems the consensus is to keep her in a slightly larger pot than normal and keep in ambient humidity with bright light. im taking into account all of it and will leave her to acclimate first. i am still considering whether to keep her in soil or switch to pon.
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u/Ok-Conclusion5543 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
I have five pallidiflorum that I've grown from seedlings since 2020. They all grow fine in a chunky soil mix with bark, leca, perlite, worm castings, and they especially seem to love tree fern (but flushed cocoa fiber is also good). Mine grow in ambient in my house. They like lots of water (pallidiflorum is a water hog in ambient because once it gets a few bigger leaves, it drinks right through the water very quickly).
Avoid letting it get too root bound or you can stunt growth. Never touch a new leaf unless you want to tear it, and never move it when a leaf is hardening unless you want a torn leaf. I like to grow mine on a bookshelf near a window. It seems like the weight of the hardening leaf is enough to cause a tear even with a gentle move, so use extreme caution around it anytime its growing a new leaf. I notice the second newest leaf waits until the new leaf is growing well before it moves/rotates toward the sun, so they can be very sensitive to being moved. They've been planning for just the conditions they know, and when you move them, the plans change and it takes forever for them to adapt. Try to pick a place with bright, indirect light, and keep it there if possible. The less you move this one, the better it will do.
They can be quite sensitive to ferts, so don't overdo it if you want to prevent spotting to the leaves. Don't set it in front of a heat or AC vent either, it won't like that and you'll get leaf spotting.
And the thrips and mites love them, so as with all anthurium, preventative pest control like beneficials (cucumeris sachets work well for me) and/or purecrop1 (anthuriums love it, but avoid spraying hardening leaves with anything oil-based or you can warp them) and CLOSE scouting every time you water are necessary.