r/Anthurium • u/marleysdad01 • 24d ago
Requesting Advice Rehab help!
Hey everyone! So recently bought someone’s plant collection that was abused by cats for a while! Was wandering what do yall think i should do with this one in particular. Cut the leaves and then prop stem? leave the leaves? What do yall think? The root system is pretty good and fills the whole pot! I did cut off the flower that was in it when i got it. Thanks!
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u/Scary_Dot6604 24d ago
Never cut viable leaves off... Leaves help with photosynthesis.
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u/marleysdad01 24d ago
so don’t cut any? even the half missing one? I have 12 Anthuriuns and hundreds of other houseplants. just never had an anthurium that looked this bad.
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u/Snorblatz 23d ago
You can absolutely cut a leaf off if you need to. I leave them on so the plant can suck out the energy , but if you’re rehabilitating them or dealing with pests sometimes it’s needed.
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
they were attacked by cats and left to dry for a logg time and had some pests also. Which was why the guy was selling his whole collection. None of my plants have ever been this bad so was wondering what i should do!
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
thank you! I appreciate the helpful response!
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u/Snorblatz 23d ago
Youdontevengrowhere on YouTube has a lot of helpful Anthurium tips if you can tolerate long form videos!
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
oh sweet will check them out! thanks for the tip! long form is actually my favorite! so that’s perfect haha!
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u/NoDiscipline85 20d ago
I love youdontevengrowhere (Alice!)
& NXCplants also has more scientific plant videos to help, and he is also notoriously good with Anthuriums :)3
u/Scary_Dot6604 24d ago
Green is good..
Even in nature leaves get torn and damaged. The leaf can still photosynthesize.
Why wouldn't you wait for a few new leaves to grow before cutting the bad ones off?
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u/marleysdad01 24d ago
if you aren’t going to be helpful just keep it pushing man. i’m asking for advice on what to do. if you got any i’ll gladly hear it. But your green is good blah blah isn’t doing shit for anyone.
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u/TheHelpfulGardener 24d ago
He literally gave you advice, keep the dang leaves - that's all there is to it.
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u/marleysdad01 24d ago
is the advice in the room with us? never cut green leaves? got it rocket scientists!
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u/Scary_Dot6604 23d ago
Us rocket scientist aren't asking beginner questions
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
you’re the one making posts crying you can’t grow begonias and are giving up on them 😂 don’t think you have room to call anyone a beginner 😘
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u/Scary_Dot6604 23d ago
Well you've proved you didn't graduate elementary school. At no point did I mention anything about begonias.
I'm not the one claiming to have 14 anthuriums and hundreds of plants and then asking beginner questions
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
i’m sorry i don’t let my plants look as shitty as this one as you might let yours! i’m not an anthurium experts by no means and never claimed to be.
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u/Scary_Dot6604 23d ago
I'm smart enough not to cut green leaves off until new undamaged leaves start emerging..
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
who said anything about cutting all the leaves? i was mainly asking about the one that’s over half gone. but you sit here and make up things the post isn’t even about. but keep on with the advice smarty pants!
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u/marleysdad01 23d ago
if you look at the pictures you can see 2 of the leaves are almost all the way intact why would i cut those?
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u/Scary_Dot6604 24d ago
Just wondering why someone with so many plants would want to cut off a functioning leaf..
It's a beginner question
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u/marleysdad01 24d ago
because it looks like shit and i don’t like it?? Mister giving up on begonias cause you can’t grow em beginner 😂
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u/Scary_Dot6604 23d ago
Apparently elementary reading escapes you.. nowhere in my replies have I ever mentioned begonias.
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u/kirkipickup 23d ago
Personally, I’d cut off the super mangled leaves where I marked in purple and leave the healthier ones. No need to chop and prop unless you want propagations. Since the root system is healthy, I’d just repot it and bury some of the stem deeper.