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Tropical Cut Flower Care: Keep the water in the vase of your Anthurium
Hearts Desire fresh. Replace the water every 3 days with cold
water keeping the water level near the top of the vase. Re-cut
1/2" from the base of each Anthurium stem under water using a
sharp knife with each water change.
Variety note: Anthurium
"Heart's Desire" blossoms are dark red with a red spadix.
The spadix is the growth that protrudes from the center of the
leaf. Anthuriums are a great gift idea for Valentine's Day as the flower
is heart shaped and can last up to 3 weeks. Anthuriums are usually
sold by the stem with stem lengths and head sizes varying by variety.
The Anthurium family is quite large containing over 600
varieties of plants that are used as house plants and fresh cut
tropical flowers.
Anthuriums are quite hardy. They'll usually look great long after
the other fresh flowers have perished. To get the most from your
Anthurium submerge the entire blossom in cool water for 15
minutes daily, then return it to the arrangement.
Common names include; Little Boy Flower, Flamingo Flower and
Flowering Anthurium.
Add a commercial floral preservative such as AquaPlus or
FloraLife to the vase that contains your Anthurium Hearts Desire
with each water change. Floral preservative helps to prevent
bacteria growth and feeds your flowers insuring a longer vase
life. To make your own cut flower food mix 1/2 teaspoon of table
sugar to a quart of cold water... mixing thoroughly.
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