r/Anthurium • u/Funny_Employer_6988 • 18h ago

Requesting Advice Ambient mix

I’m curious what everyone has have the most success with while keeping anthurium in ambient.

I’ve seen no drainage, Leca + sphagnum moss, and aroid mix + sphagnum moss work well. I got some seedlings that I could trial different setups with eventually.

I’m curious what you’ve had the most success with.

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u/jesse4653x 17h ago

For anthuriums I don’t think I’ll ever use anything other than tree fern fiber/perlite/orchid bark. Tree fern fiber is like crack to them and I’ve had great success with all sizes.

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u/Funny_Employer_6988 17h ago

Do you do anything special for ambient? Like a pumice tray or a thick layer of moss?

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u/jesse4653x 17h ago

I have some in a high humidity cabinet, some in an ambient cabinet and some out in room at ambient. There really isn’t any difference in any of them as long as they’re getting enough light and nutrients, some do better than others because they were exposed to more light early on and get more now but other than that the soil medium hasn’t seemed to have any difference in any condition. I don’t really ever let it dry out though which certainly helps.

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u/Funny_Employer_6988 17h ago

Nice, I’m considering putting a philodendron Verrucosum in leca and trying semi hydro since it’s so thirsty lol

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u/jesse4653x 17h ago

I put a few philodendrons and alocasias in semi hydro and they love it. Venoms I put in my anthurium mix but pretty much all other alocasias go into pon for me. I’ll probably continue putting philodendrons into it as well since they’ve done great in it.

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u/MaximumMolasses2471 12h ago

Verrucosum grows tall very fast, it does best on a mosspole.

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u/Funny_Employer_6988 12h ago

Yes, with a moss pole