Anthurium flavolineatum

Natural range and habitat of Anthurium flavolineatum

Anthurium flavolineatum ranges from southern Colombia into Ecuador. It grows as an epiphyte in wet Andean forest, including sites around 2,475 m in Colombia.

Growing Anthurium flavolineatum indoors

• Light and orientation: Provide bright filtered light that reaches the crown evenly. Turn the pot in small stages if the long leaves begin facing sharply towards one window.
• Temperature and humidity: Keep temperatures around 18–27 °C. Avoid prolonged temperatures below 15 °C. Aim for 60–80% humidity with gentle airflow around the crown and leaf bases.
• Water: Water when the surface starts to dry, then soak the mix and let all excess drain.
• Potting mix, crown position and repotting: Keep the crown above an airy bark-based mix with fibre and mineral particles. Repot when roots fill the container, and replace the mix when it breaks down and stays wet around the stem.
• Feeding: Apply a light fertiliser dose during active leaf and root growth. Reduce feeding as growth slows.
• Propagation: A rooted basal shoot can be separated; healthy stem material with an active growing point can also be rooted.

Common issues with Anthurium flavolineatum

• Rear lobes are short on a young plant: Juvenile leaves often develop the full adult proportions only over later growth cycles. Continue normal care and watch several later leaves.
• The crown base becomes soft: It may be buried too deeply or kept wet for too long. Remove decayed tissue, reset the crown above fresh open mix and improve drainage.
• Leaf tips repeatedly turn brown and pale mineral deposits appear on the mix: Salts may be accumulating from water or fertiliser. Flush the substrate thoroughly, reduce excess feeding and use lower-mineral water where practical.

Anthurium flavolineatum is toxic to people and pets

• Keep this plant away from children, cats and dogs.
• Its leaves and stems contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which can irritate the mouth, throat, skin and eyes.
• Chewing may cause burning pain, drooling, swelling, vomiting or difficulty swallowing. Contact a veterinarian or medical professional after exposure, especially if swelling or breathing problems occur.

When was Anthurium flavolineatum first published, and what does it mean?

The genus name Anthurium combines Greek anthos, “flower”, and oura, “tail”, referring to the tail-like spadix. Flavolineatum combines Latin flavus, “yellow”, and lineatus, “lined”: “yellow-lined”.

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott established the genus Anthurium in 1829 in Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode, volume 3, page 828.

Luis Sodiro first described Anthurium flavolineatum in 1905 in Anales de la Universidad Central del Ecuador, volume 20, page 24.