Anthurium scherzerianum

Flamingo flower

The flamingo flower or pigtail anthurium is a compact epiphytic Anthurium from the montane forests of Costa Rica. It has lance-shaped leaves about 20 cm long and a scarlet spathe with a curled orange-red spadix. The wild species grows in cool, wet mid-elevation forest, so it prefers milder temperatures than the lowland anthuriums.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trunks and branches in wet premontane and montane forest, including cloud forest, where the air is humid and mossy.

GBIF records run from 700 to 2134 m (median 1300 m, 142 records), which places it in the premontane to lower montane belt.

Costa Rica

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.