Anthurium andraeanum
Flamingo Flower, Flamingo Lily, Oilcloth Flower, Tail Flower, Flamingo-Lily, Flamingo-flower, Oilcloth-flower, Anthurium, Painter's-palette, Anthurium andraeanum
Description
Evergreen epiphytic herbaceous perennial. It is cultivated as an indoor pot plant where it lends a unique design accent with its showy, long-lasting inflorescences marked by spathes or bracts in a wide range of colours depending on the variety. Fears cold and temperature fluctuations, suitable for exposures with diffuse light and high humidity.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Anthurium
- Species
- Anthurium andraeanum
