I purchased one of these earlier this year. From what I understand, I've given it a rough start ... too much light, heat AND water. ANYHOW ...
Some of the soil level thicker roots on mine have "rotted" and I have since backed off on the watering, moved it inside away from direct sun, excess heat, etc. My quesiton is this: is regular potting soil perferable or is this something that would fare better in an orchid mix? Also, what is the growth habit of this plant? Should I have something for it to climb or is it self standing? The info on this Anthurium in the "PlantFiles" here is deplorable at best. (Check it out: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/98218/index.html) It was like someone wanted to have a plant entry credited to their name without taking the time to provide one shread of information question about that darned plant.
(note to admin: I want that person drawn & quartered!)
Anthurium warocqueanum
The plant is amazing! I have said and I am sure many others have said this plant has possible the most beautiful leaves of any plant in the world. It is a anthurium and can be grown several ways. I grow mine in pro mix though i have seen it grown mounted on a plaque and grown in orchid mix. The think to take in is how much humidity do you have if you have a ton it can grow mounted or in orchid mix if not I would suggest the pro mix. It acutally does not like heat temps at 65 to 85 are best give or take a bit. It can be a house plant watch out for spider mites which will look like white speckles on the leaves. The plant comes from equador in higher elevations. If your familiar with mountain air thats what they like. Cool humid cloud forest are the perfect place to grow them. But you can get away with anything close to this. You will get leaf burning if you have to much light or to much heat so watch for that as well. Here is a pic of a larger plant. I have a lot of these they are great plants I have also been breeding with them to make some new hybrids which should look very amazing once full grown.
Really beautiful and I found these information about this plant.
This plant is not growing in the greenhouse. It is, however, the best specimen of Anthurium warocqueanum that I have ever seen. It was growing in Hilo, Hawaii, near sea-level and getting about 150 inches of rain a year.
Kaleem
Thanks once again, B! I suspect the surface level root "burning/rotting" was a matter of too much soil moisture combined with too much heat, etc. I now have this sucker where I keep some of my orchids (in the kitchen area close to a really small electronic fogger). Gets lots of strong sunlight in the earl-to-mid-afternoon without ever taking anything in the way of direct sun, though.
Right now it's basically planted in MiracleGrow potting soil. Should I re-pot it now in something a bit more course or wait until it is rootbound in the 3" pot it's in now (yeah, it truly is a youngster!)