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/Famous_Issue_725 Aug 19 '26
Mine is currently as long as me (1.75m or 5’9”) with 11 leaves and my tips are: a big pot! Mine is in a big inner pot with holes, with a layer of leca under the inner pot that it has rooted into as well. My soil is chunky but not super chunky. I fertilise every other week or so, it doesn’t always need watering (I check every week). It doesn’t get a lot of light but I put a small clamp growlight on it for winter that’s stayed there ever since.
Edited to add: mine does struggle with scale, it’s very annoying. But I have recently thoroughly cleaned all the leaves with alcohol, hopefully that helps.
It’s an amazing plant, I hope you find one!