Re: Anthurium cutucuense

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Dear Simon: It was so nice to hear from you. How is your Anthurium wellinagae doing? Fine I hope.

 

Very best,

 

Tom

 

 

Actually, Anthurium cutucuense is not at all a hard to grow species, provided it’s given the right conditions (temperatures not above ± 25 °C for longer periods of time, a nocturnal temperature drop of some 8-10 °C, no direct sunlight and ambient humidity not consistently below 50%). Given the fact that its leaves are quite leathery, A. cutucuense is much less sensitive to lower humidity levels than species like A. corrugatum, the leaves of which easily develop yellow tips or margins when the weather is hot and dry. The three 20-25 cm pieces of A. corrugatum I bought two years ago and which are experiencing aforementioned conditions in my greenhouse, have grown into vine like stems of now some 50-60 cm tall, adding 4 or 5 increasingly big leaves each year. This shows that when more or less grown to its potential, this species will be difficult to maintain in a confined space like a terrarium in the longer run. It can, however, be easily cut back, after which the remaining stump will sprout again. This way, the plant may still be enjoyed, and beautiful it is with its peculiar shaped bullate leaves!