Easy/beginner long leaf aroids

Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408735

By Sundews69 -  Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:08 pm
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- Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:08 pm #408735

Hey everyone,

I'm really getting into long leaf aroids but I don't know which one to start with. I want to start slow and then work my way up to Anthurium warocqueanum. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408790

By DragonsEye -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:37 am
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:37 am #408790

Peace lilies (Spathiphyllum) are one of the easiest, brain-dead simple aroids out there. Cheap too.

Blessed are the "cracked" ... for it is they who let in the light.

Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408796

By Sundews69 -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:21 am
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:21 am #408796

Yeah, but I'm looking for something with long, draping leaves like anthurium warocqueanum.

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Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408797

By John W -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:49 am
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:49 am #408797

have heard Philodendron atabapoense are easy, but have no first hand experience

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Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408843

By DragonsEye -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:59 pm
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:59 pm #408843

Sundews69 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:21 am Yeah, but I'm looking for something with long, draping leaves like anthurium warocqueanum.

Ah. You didn't specify that initially. I wouldn't get fixated on finding a plant with leaves that look a lot like A. war. At that point, your being too picky for a starter/guinea pig plant.

Try some of the Alocasia, Colocasia, or Anthurium andraeanum (this one is an epiphyte).

Blessed are the "cracked" ... for it is they who let in the light.

Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408847

By elaineo -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:14 pm
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:14 pm #408847

DragonsEye wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:59 pm Try some of the Alocasia, Colocasia, or Anthurium andraeanum (this one is an epiphyte).

Do you grow colocasia? I'm thinking about growing some in a stock tank.

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Re: Easy/beginner long leaf aroids#408857

By DragonsEye -  Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:01 pm
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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:01 pm #408857

elaineo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:14 pm Do you grow colocasia? I'm thinking about growing some in a stock tank.

Nah. All the ones I know of get far too big for an apt-dweller like me to contemplate.

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