Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux


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Quick Care Guide
Light
Bright indirect • approx. 10,000–20,000 lux
Watering
Water when ~30–50% dry
Substrate
Airy + fast-draining • Light moisture buffer • Bark-based • Medium-chunky
Temperature
Ideal: 18–29 °C • Avoid below: 15 °C
Humidity
Humid 60–80 % +
Growth habit
Climbing epiphytic herbaceous perennial.
Support
recommended
Growth speed
Average
Max size indoors
Max. height with support: 200 cm • Max. spread: 100 cm
Toxicity & safety
Toxic
Origin & habitat
Native from Mexico (Southeast) to northwestern South America
Outdoor growing
Outside from 15 °C · sheltered spot
These care values are quick reference points for indoor growing. Use them as a guide, then adjust for pot size, substrate, temperature and how quickly the substrate dries.
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Large divided leaves, long petioles and extending scandent stems shape the way Anthurium clavigerum grows indoors. As the plant matures, it needs real space around the pot and a sturdy support before the stems become heavy.
Mature foliage can become broad and palmately divided, with narrow lobed sections spreading from the centre of the blade. That growth pattern calls for a stable pot, open substrate and enough room for new leaves to expand.
Anthurium clavigerum has a broad Neotropical range from Central America into tropical South America. It is associated with wet tropical to premontane forest, where it grows as an epiphytic or scandent plant in humid, filtered-light conditions.
Set it up with a coarse mix and support while stems are still young. The divided leaves need enough clearance to open without tearing against shelves, stakes or neighbouring plants.
Keep Anthurium clavigerum away from pets and children. Chewing the leaves, stems or roots can cause irritation, and sap should be kept away from eyes and sensitive skin.
Anthurium clavigerum was described by Eduard Friedrich Poeppig and published in Poeppig and Endlicher’s Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 3:84 in 1845. The species epithet means “club-bearing”, in reference to the shape of the spadix. It belongs to Araceae and is known for scandent growth with palmately divided adult foliage.
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