Indoor Plant I.D.

[davidjonesUK]

anyone know what plant this is mum got it as a present around last august, it looks to me a lilly but not sure on the speices and is it hardy? Thanks.

[The Codfather]

Yeh......give me a minute....I have 2 of them....

[The Codfather]

Anthrium...

[davidjonesUK]

Yeh......give me a minute....I have 2 of them....

haha times ticking are they a hardy species?

[Conifers]

Anthrium...

Typo

Anthurium

[otorongo]

Yeh......give me a minute....I have 2 of them....

haha times ticking are they a hardy species?

Every species is hardy somewhere

Anthriums are hardy to zone 10a, according to PlantFiles.

[davidjonesUK]

Yeh......give me a minute....I have 2 of them....

haha times ticking are they a hardy species?

Every species is hardy somewhere

Anthriums are hardy to zone 10a, according to PlantFiles.

ahh well that's that sorted it will stay indoors I will tell the mother not to give me the plant to plant out if she decides to one day to get rid which il doubt but who knows she's done it before on bromeliads, was also saying to my mother that we should get an kentia palm for the hallway and maybe for my bedroom it would look nice which she also approved so off to a garden centre or b&Q store to have a look tomorrow or Thursday, will these do fine indoors even if lack of sun, and is there any other great tropical/jungly indoor plant I could get rather that 2 kentia palms to have something different , cheers

[The Codfather]

Anthrium...

Typo

Anthurium

Doh.....it rushing on and off here whislt at work !

[Arlon Tishmarsh]

Doh.....it rushing on and off here whislt at work !

"whislt"..................typo

[RozDevon]

Thats a really beautiful anthurium! Lucky you!!!

[Blairs]

Their flowers are very 1980's looking with a red glossy petal. Not my taste - I prefer the foliage on it. It is also call Flamingo plant.

[GREVILLE]

A special plant for my wife and me. We had a chalet to ourselves in the grounds of Smugglers Cove in St. Lucia for our honeymoon and the management included amongst the welcome gifts the most fabulous potted specimen of this I've ever seen.

Bought one soon after we returned home and kept it sixteen years. Bought another which lasted eleven years before managing without one. Chuffed to be given three last July by a retiring teacher who kept them in her classroom at the local school that overwinters lots of my exotic plants. Two are back at the school for the winter and (the best one) sits on a sunny windowsill at home still 'spathing' itself to death.

Tip: They love warmed rainwater; failing that, cooled water from the kettle.

[kata]

Be nice in a retro room of furniture,

Soz, been watching Flogit/Bargain Hunt.

Nice plant so it is.

[Troppoz]

Its a cultivar of Anthurium andreanum, not hardy at all for you guys but I did see photos of someones garden who used them as summer bedding under Dicksonias to great effect.

A bit hardier is Anthurium scherzerianum, I grew this outdoors under cover in Wagga Wagga in NSW through winter (frosts to -8c and daytime max around 12c), and it thrived in the cooler weather, producing flowers even in mid-winter. It has more strap shaped leaves than Andreanums heart shaped leaves, and the flowers have a corkscrew spadix so a stunning plant all round.

Not suggesting its hardy for your UK gardens, but a better option to try outdoors than andreanum

[Nathan]

Just a word of warning to anyone that has pet cats, this plant is poisonous to them (as are all Lilles)...