Anthurium is a genus of about 1000 flowering plant species native to tropical regions of Central and South America. It is commonly known as flamingo flower, tailflower, or laceleaf. Anthurium grows as a climbing vine in its native habitat but also does well as a houseplant. It prefers warm, humid, and bright conditions but not direct sunlight. The flowers are actually modified leaves called spathes that surround the true small flowers in the center. Anthurium is easily propagated through dividing rhizomes or stem cuttings and grows from seeds but that takes longer. It needs consistently moist soil and a minimum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius to thrive. Overwatering and dehydration can damage the leaves while spider m

1. Flamingo flower
plant
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2. Anthurium

3. Anthurium: is a genusof about 1000 speciesof
flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family,
Araceae. General common names include anthurium,
tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.
The genus is native to the Americas, where it is
distributed from northern Mexico to northern Argentina
and parts of the Caribbean.
Definition

4. Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Tribe: Anthurieae
Genus:
Anthurium
Schott

5. Habitat
Native to the wet, tropical rain forests of Central
and South America, flamingo plant grows best in
moist, humid low-light conditions. The plant may
even be grown outdoors in mild climates, but
performs best as a houseplant in most locations.
Some species climb or vine, and these will benefit
from a totem or trellis, although most varieties are
fine in a medium-sized plastic or clay pot.

7. Geography and distribution
It occurs in tropical regions, jungles. Native to Central
and South America. Its slender, twisting flowers are
surrounded by bright red, sometimes pink or white,
bright upper leaves. The flower of Flamingo flower
(Anthurium) is very durable, staying fresh and nice for
weeks even when cut. Its leaves are dark green, tongue-
shaped, about 20 cm long, 5-6 cm wide, leathery, able to
be leaning out curved. The "flower" of the Flamingo
flower is actually just a shell leaf, a spathe or a waxy,
modified red colored, bright upper leaf. The real flowers
are spiral fleshy spikes (spadix), which are developes
from the center of the spathe (from the upper leaf).

8. Propagation
Can be easily propagated by dividing the root structure
when you repot your plant, making sure that each division
contains at least two rhizomes or take cuttings of stems with
two nodes ore more. Its propagation is easy, as it sprouts
very often. You can also try with seeds, but it may take
months, while the little Flamingo flowers develops

9. Requirements and care:
3. Watering requirements: Its soil
should always be moist.
2. Heat requirements:Flamingo flower
needs warm place in the whole year,
and the temperature shouldn't be cooler
in the room, than 18°C in winter either.
1. Light requirements:It needs bright
place in the whole year, but it needs to
be protected from the direct sunlight in
summer.

10. Most common diseases, pests of the plant,
main reasons of their destruction:
Dehydration and overwatering can damage it,
making the leaves yellow.
Overwatering can cause root rotting.
When the air is warm and dry, spider mites and
aphids can attack it.