Meaning Of Anthurium Flowers

The anthurium is an open, heart-shaped flower with a tropical disposition, that has come to symbolize hospitality.

Anthurium flowers are also known as the Flamingo Flower, Boy Flower, Painted Tongue and Painter’s Palette – because of their distinctive shape and color – the name anthurium comes from Greek, meaning “tail flower.”

The anthuriums also have strange petal-like bracts, that are red, pink, white or green. The blooms are glossy like patent leather and have large, velvety, darkgreen leaves and silvery white venation. The anthurium, like the hospitality they represent, are long-lasting and irresistibly beautiful.

Many anthurium flowers are small (about 3 mm) and develop crowded in a spike on a fleshy axis, called a spadix.They thrive in moist soils with high organic matter. Several species are popular in the florist trade as pot plants or cut flowers and for interior decoration.

Some Interesting Facts about Anthuriums

• Most species occur in Panama, Colombia, Brazil, the Guiana Shield and Ecuador.
• The flowers are hermaphrodite, containing male and female flowers.
• The flowers of Anthurium give off a variety of fragrances, each attracting a variety of specific pollinators.

Cut Anthuriums Flowers

As a cut flower, anthuriums live two to three weeks.

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