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Plant guide · Anthurium

Anthurium polyschistum

At a glance

Light

Leaves saturate at 240 µmol/m²/s, about 13,000 lux in daylight B

Grew at 80 (about 4,300 lux) B. Measured on Anthurium andraeanum. B = indirect

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Dim to medium to bright, no direct midday sun

Anthurium polyschistum grew at about 4,300 lux; its leaves saturate at about 13,000 lux.

80 B and 240 µmol/m²/s B · Measured on Anthurium andraeanum

What the studies tested

Results from growing trials, many of them in commercial greenhouses. They are not care instructions.

Care

Propagation

  • Leaf cuttings without an axillary bud formed no roots within six weeks in Anthurium andraeanum and A. scherzerianum.

    B IndirectMeasured on Anthurium andraeanum and Anthurium scherzerianum