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Plant guide · Anthurium

Anthurium radicans

At a glance

Forms

1 form or cultivar

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

Forms and cultivars 1

Each form shows its light value and where it was measured: ● on this form itself, ○ on the form or species named in the line. Grades: A Measured directly, B Indirect, C Distant.

Green 1

  • x Luxurians

    Grew in trials at 80, saturates at 240 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Anthurium andraeanum B

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On the Fenestry light scale

Dim to medium to bright, no direct midday sun

Anthurium radicans 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