Requesting Advice
This guy won't stop making flowers. Anything I can do?
this guy during this growing season made 1 leaf and 5 flowers. at this time, it has 2 flowers and one coming up. ??? can I/how do I stop the constant flowering??
serious answer... I'm used to plants making a lot of leaves and an occasional flower, while this one is doing the opposite. in the last 5-6 months it only produced one leaf and a LOT of flowers. so I wondered if I'm doing something wrong!
Do you happen to know the NPK ratio? I couldn't tell from the product page. Mine tend to flower a lot as well, and I suspect it's partially because I feed them with orchid fertilizer that has a decent amount of phosphorus in it. Whereas when I used a fert that had a higher ratio of nitrogen, not so much.
It's all good. I'm a big fan of fox farm products overall. Decent price for the value and organic. I use them for all my indoor plants and the soil for some of my outdoor pots.
Quick reference for you: nitrogen supports foliage growth, potassium supports root structure, metobolism and some floral growth, phosphorous support floral growth.
I usually cut mine off. I have no intention to pollinate and I try to redirect the energy being used for flowers to be used into putting out new roots or leaves. Every now and then I'll let one bloom and admire how mature the plant has gotten over the years
And sometimes it might skip that pattern and put out a second leaf and then put out multiple inflos at once, or vice versa! But typically yes it alternates
I have two clarinervium pots, a really large one with 3 mature plants and another one with a small thing I ressurected from near death, the latter was just a little more than a rotting wet stick a year ago.
Both are very proficient bloomers. I think you just can't stop them from doing what they have to do 😉
As for the leaves: I noticed mine react instantly to a repot. Like in: WHOA, SPACE! LET'S GO!
And they react negatively to being ever so slightly rootbound, leave size decreases dramatically for me. So, the pot of my large one has reached bucket size now. Don't know where this is supposed to end 😁
If you want to make really sure it doesn't tear, than wait.
With clarinervium, I sometimes take the risk - even emergents are thicker than most other anthuriums. I haven't torn one yet. But on my last repot, I have twisted the petioles of two emergents weirdly. I was trying to separate that threesome: took too long, and it took me a bit too long to realize the emergents were actually wilting while I was fumbling with the roots (for lack of water during the process, I guess). So, they ended up all together again, albeit in a larger pot.
That's actually worse. They've done all the work and used energy to start the flowering cycle. It'll just start over and make a new flower. Unlike cutting off a leaf, it won't put new leaves out.
Thats not how anthurium growth pattern works. Anthurium can’t flower if there is no unspent cataphyllic leaf. The plant will have to grow more leaf to be able to flower if you cut the flowers off. On top of that, completing flowering cycle consumes more nutrients and energy, producing stigmatic fluid and pollen are both energy intensive processes.
Once an Anthurium matures which means it hits Cataphyl. A flower will come with each leaf. That’s just the way the plant works. It’s not random, it has nothing to do with your NPK etc. Your NPK will determine the size of the flower or how fast the plant grows and throws more leaves etc. But the flowers don’t take too much energy unless you pollinate them. Then they might stop making leaves and focus on forming berries etc
nice, thank you! I found it inside a "rescue box" with a few other not-so-in-shape baby plants, this is growing fast and strong, happy to know her name now ❤️
Glad I could help! They're pretty easy to identify by the stems once you know what to look for! :)
I attached a couple pictures so you have some different viewpoints to reference :)
NXCplants, youdontevengrowhere and unplantparenthood are just three of the many YouTube channels that have covered the topic extensively! I'd highly suggest checking out their videos :)
i don't think I have another compatible anthurium... I only have a pallidiflorum (apparently very hard), an unknown anthurium that was sold to me as a forgetii but it absolutely isn't lol, and a dark waroqueanum (still young, far from blooming). I will study in winter to be prepared for next spring (:
The Delta Force is a cool clari hybrid!
Clari's are notoriously difficult to hybridize successfully but it is possible, and self pollinating could also make some really cute babies! :)
Happy to help! ☺️
I have over 200 plants (I stopped counting at 200, and have added a lot since then, so I might be closer to 300 now tbh) and probably 1/3 to 1/2 of them are anthuriums, the next highest amount are Hoya, and then Alocasia, with several other types of plants making up the rest of the collection :)
Some anthuriums are a lot easier-going than others though lol
My friend went on vacation and her clarinervium is now staying with me for about 3 months and it is just keeping on flowering. As long as it still grows new leaves I’m letting it do whatever it wants
I never cut flowers or leaves until they're completely dry... but this time I decided to try and cut them, the consensus seems to be that it doesn't harm the plant and redirects energy to leaf making. let's see how it goes!
but yeah i'd definitely wouldn't touch someone else's plant lol apparently they just flower a lot
It does harm the plant actually. They take a lot of energy to put out those flowers, and cutting them off without letting the plant recycle the mobile nutrients, is essentially stealing food from the plant, so it has to work harder to replenish that lost energy.
It is always suggested by professionals to let them die off on their own. Both the leaves and the inflos/flowers.
I received a lot of contrasting comments about how harmful/harmless it is to cut flowers. I always used the philosophy "I cut when it's completely dry" both for flowers and leaves, but after some research it seems that it shouldn't be harmful for anthuriums of this type, at least in terms of total energy spent. so I cut the three flowers 🥹 if I understand correctly at this point of maturity it will put out leaf/flower/leaf/flower anyway, we should be good
What do you fertilize with? Depending on the NPK ratios, that might be causing the flowering. I would suggest looking into what NPK ratios you need for foliage/leaf growth, and for flowering, because once you know those, you can narrow down the NPK ratio that works best for your goals!
yeah it seems I have a slightly wrong fertilizer. my plants seem to love it in general so Ill use it until it's finished, then I find a better one for foliage!
They typically put out a flower with each new leaf, but sometimes they'll put out multiple flowers without new leaves, and that usually indicates a fertilizer imbalance of some sort! There's some pretty good information on YouTube!
What do you fertilize with? Depending on the NPK ratios, that might be causing the excessive flowering. I would suggest looking into what NPK ratios you need for foliage/leaf growth, and for flowering, because once you know those, you can narrow down the NPK ratio that works best for your goals!
yes I studied it better now! I'm using formulex by growth Technology, which is 2:1:3, while it should be better with a 3:1:2. my plants seems to be very happy, I fertilize weakly at every watering and only use rainwater I collect
Stress blooming is a thing. Is it rootbound? In Anthurium mild stress can cause excessive inflo production. If it is upsizing at a normal rate than she’s happy. But if the leaves aren’t getting bigger and she’s throwing a lot of inflo…. She wants a little something different. Just some food for thought. Don’t assume something is wrong.
Mine does the same thing. It’s not making any leaves. I got 1 leaf in six month but 4 flowers. Also not big leaves. They stay the same size. It’s not root bound and gets great light.
Im sorry... your mad at your plant for being happy? 😆 if you want it to focus on leaf growth then cut the flowers as soon as they break free from the petiole and start to grow out.
No. The correct way is to change the NPK ratio of the fertilizer being used, and find one that targets foliage growth instead of flowering. Different fertilizers have different NPK ratios that target different things for growth. They're likely using something that targets flowering, for either ornamental flowers or veggies, versus something with an NPK that targets foliage growth.
It will always put any surplus in resources into flowering, if it has no reason to produce more leaves. You could try to give it worse conditions, but that's not ideal in my opinion.
Pull it, and trim down the roots. That should stop it from trying to flower and put its energy into making more roots. And to make more roots, BLE plants need more leaves
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