Indoors
Flamingo flower
Anthurium andraeanum
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The flamingo flower comes from Colombia and Ecuador. Its glossy red "petal" is a spathe around a spike of tiny flowers and lasts for weeks. It likes a bright spot out of harsh sun and humid air.
Flamingo flower and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- calcium oxalates: burning and irritation of the mouth, lips and tongue, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
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Care
- Watering
- about every 6 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- high
- Temperature
- 18–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 3 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
It likes warmth and humid air; the flowers last for weeks.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.