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Originally Posted by smweaver
Those are very nice seedlings (adolescents?). I like the regale a lot. Do you grow Anthurium clarinervium? I recently acquired one, and the leaves actually do feel like they're constructed of a thick felt-like material. So far I've not been brave enough to go for any of the imported plants that I've seen for sale. And I've made a point of confirming with sellers that the plants they offer are well-established and shipped in pot. Are you growing these--once they leave the protection of the tent--alongside the orchids?
Thanks for posting the pictures!
Steve
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Steve, you’re welcome and thanks for the kind words. Yes, clarinervium is the first pic posted. I love em, they seem better able to go a week without watering than the others. You are wise to confirm the root situation with sellers. Problem I encountered was relying too much on my green thumb and experience with other plants to pull them out of death spiral but they are not as forgiving when starting out disadvantaged with import stress, root disease, etc.
Interesting question about growing with orchids: I do in the winter in the sunroom but learning after last summer, the orchids go outdoors and anthuriums stay in sunroom, Screens. Too much wind damage, desiccation and insect damage to those anthurium leaves that you just want to be perfect and symmetrical.
One annoying thing about my anthuriums (and may be due to small pot sizes) is they need watering every 4 or 5 days whereas my orchids can go a week or more until watering. A bummer when wanting to travel. I’d like to get them up to 8 - 12 “ pots eventually and that will likely help.
Feel free to discuss any questions, after the mistakes and assumptions I made about them in past 18 mos I’d be glad to pass along my amateur anthurium experience if it saves someone else the same learning curve.
Joe
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